# btop

A polished terminal resource monitor for CPU, memory, disks, network, and processes.

HTML: https://softbests.com/software/btop
Markdown: https://softbests.com/software/btop.md
Website: https://github.com/aristocratos/btop

- Category: [Terminal](https://softbests.com/category/terminal)
- Pricing: Open source
- Platforms: macOS, Linux

## Best for

Anyone who wants a readable system dashboard over SSH without installing a GUI monitor.

## Why it deserves attention

btop draws live graphs for CPU cores, memory, disks, network, and processes in a single terminal window, with themes, mouse support, and per-process signals. It runs on Linux and macOS, is Apache-2.0 licensed, and is actively maintained with more than 30,000 GitHub stars. It is far more legible than top or htop on a modern terminal. It is still a local monitor: for fleet metrics you need Prometheus, Netdata, or a hosted service.

## Can replace

- top

## Related and alternatives

- [Sniffnet](https://softbests.com/software/sniffnet)
- [tmux](https://softbests.com/software/tmux)