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NO LONGER MAINTAINED. For a similar program, check out https://github.com/ClementTsang/bottom.

ytop

Another TUI based system monitor, this time in Rust!

Missing features

macOS is missing disk io counters and process commandline
Process filtering isn't implemented
Mouse usage isn't implemented
FreeBSD is currently unsupported

Installation

ytop currently works on Linux and macOS with support planned for all major platforms.

Package managers

AUR

ytop is available in three different AUR packages: ytop, ytop-bin, and ytop-git.

COPR

ytop is also available in COPR:

sudo dnf copr enable atim/ytop -y
sudo dnf install ytop

Homebrew

brew tap cjbassi/ytop
brew install ytop

Prebuilt binaries

Prebuilt binaries are provided in the releases tab.

From source

cargo install ytop

Usage

Keybinds

Quit: q or <C-c>
Pause: <Space>
Process navigation:
- k and <Up>: up
- j and <Down>: down
- <C-u>: half page up
- <C-d>: half page down
- <C-b>: full page up
- <C-f>: full page down
- gg and <Home>: jump to top
- G and <End>: jump to bottom
Process actions:
- <Tab>: toggle process grouping
- dd: kill selected process or process group
Process sorting:
- p: PID/Count
- n: Command
- c: CPU
- m: Mem
Process filtering:
- /: start editing filter
- (while editing):
  - <Enter>: accept filter
  - <C-c> and <Escape>: clear filter
CPU and Mem graph scaling:
- h: scale in
- l: scale out
?: toggles keybind help menu

Mouse

click to select process
mouse wheel to scroll through processes

Colorschemes

ytop ships with a few colorschemes which can be set with the -c flag followed by the name of one. You can find all the colorschemes in the colorschemes folder.

To make a custom colorscheme, copy one of the default ones to ~/.config/ytop/<new-name>.json and load it with ytop -c <new-name>. Colorscheme PRs are welcome!

CLI Options

USAGE:
    ytop [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]

FLAGS:
    -a, --average-cpu    Show average CPU in the CPU widget
    -b, --battery        Show Battery widget (overridden by 'minimal' flag)
    -f, --fahrenheit     Show temperatures in fahrenheit
    -h, --help           Prints help information
    -m, --minimal        Only show the CPU, Mem, and Process widgets
    -p, --per-cpu        Show each CPU in the CPU widget
    -s, --statusbar      Show a statusbar with the time
    -V, --version        Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -c, --colorscheme <colorscheme>    Set a colorscheme [default: default]
    -i, --interface <interface>        The name of the network interface to show in the Net widget. 'all' shows all
                                       interfaces [default: all]
    -I, --interval <interval>          Interval in seconds between updates of the CPU and Mem widgets. Can specify
                                       either a whole number or a fraction with a numerator of 1 [default: 1]