btop

6.6easy start · #17of 26
in Process Monitoring Software

Free to practise onyes
Free trialno
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workno

Runs on Linux, Mac.

btop is ranked #17 of 26 in process monitoring software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS. There is a free plan.

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btop Free Resource monitor; Apache-2.0 license github.com · 8 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Supported platforms: Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD
Process controls: Yes

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Purpose: btop monitors processor, memory, disk, network, and process usage and stats.
Interface: It has a game inspired menu system, mouse support, and a fast, responsive interface.
Process tools: Users can inspect detailed process stats, filter and sort processes, view them as a tree, send signals, and pause the process list.
Other features: It includes auto scaling network graphs, disk IO activity and speeds, a battery meter, selectable graph symbols, and custom presets.
Themes: btop uses theme files shared with bpytop and bashtop and supports a custom themes directory.
GPU monitoring: GPU monitoring is supported on Linux and macOS with Apple Silicon GPUs, and requires a binary built with GPU support.
GPU requirements: NVIDIA monitoring requires the nvidia-ml library, AMD monitoring requires rocm_smi_lib, and Intel monitoring requires SYSFS read permission.
Installation: The project documents Linux and macOS installation, plus FreeBSD and NetBSD package installation; it also lists Homebrew for macOS and Linux.
Terminal requirements: The project recommends a terminal with 24-bit truecolor and wide character support, a UTF8 locale, and a font with specified Unicode blocks.
License: The repository lists the Apache-2.0 license.
Support: The maintainer invites bug reports through GitHub Issues and lists GitHub Sponsors, PayPal, and Ko-fi as support options.
Notable limit: The README says Windows support was not in the project plans at the time of that entry.
Price from: Free

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Best Process Monitoring Software in 2026#17 of 26

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Sources

github.com/aristocratos/btop· checked 8 Oct 2026