list of system monitoring tools

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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 No longer maintained.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 | |