list of system monitoring tools

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 No longer maintained.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

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