list of system monitoring tools

btop or btop –force-utf

pipx install ‘glances[all]’ is the best way to have
to run glances or glances -w –browser

Tool	Description
top	The original Unix task manager. Very basic but always available.
htop	Improved, interactive version of `top` with better visuals and controls.
btop	Modern, graphical terminal monitor with mouse support and fancy UI.
atop	Advanced version of `top` with logging and long-term resource tracking.
glances	Cross-platform tool showing multiple system resources in a single view.
nmon	Performance monitor with extensive CPU, disk, and network stats.
bpytop	Python version of `btop` (older).
bashtop	Original Bash-based version of `btop`. No longer maintained.
vtop	Graphical `top` written in Node.js with sparkline graphs.
gotop	Fast terminal monitor written in Go with visuals like `btop`.
gtop	Node.js-based terminal monitor with charts.
dstat	Combines vmstat, iostat, netstat for detailed resource usage.
iftop	Real-time bandwidth usage per connection.
nethogs	Shows bandwidth per process (unlike `iftop`).
iptraf	Real-time IP LAN monitoring tool.
iotop	Shows real-time disk I/O per process.
powertop	For power consumption monitoring and tuning (great for laptops).
tload	Displays system load average graph in terminal.
uptime	Lightweight tool showing system uptime and load.
smem	Reports memory usage in a more accurate way than `ps` or `top`.
nvtop
nvidia-smi
amdgpu_top