Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to htop for Windows Powershell - pstop

htop for Windows - terminal process monitor built in Rust

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

1. 1H2
   Htop 2.0 released, now cross-platform▲613

   2016 · hisham.hm · its alternatives →

2. 2UB
   /usr/bin/htop▲219

   2017 · 0xfee1dead.top · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Warp, a Rust-based terminal▲946

   Hi HN community, I’m Zach, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal that’s easy to use and built for teams. As of today, Warp is in public beta and any Mac user can download it. It works with bash, zsh, and fish. The terminal’s teletype-like interface has made it hard for the CLI to thrive. After 20 years of programming, I still find it hard to copy a command’s output; I always forget how to use `tar`; and I always have to relearn how to move my cursor. To fix fundamental accessibility issues, I believe we need to start innovating on the terminal,…

   2022 · warp.dev · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Mactop v2.0.0▲29

   mactop - Apple Silicon Monitor Top. Contribute to metaspartan/mactop development by creating an account on GitHub.

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   rallyup – Lightweight Wake-on-LAN Scheduler▲141

   Hi HN, I’ve wanted a simple solution to handle Wake-on-LAN sequences for my home and work labs to boot up servers in the right order. I was already dabbling in Rust and thought this would be an interesting project to dive deeper and see if it could work well for this kind of network tool. The result is rallyup. rallyup lets you set up server dependencies in a YAML file, so each service (e.g., firewalls, storage, VM hosts) comes online in the right order. It verifies each server’s status before moving to the next. Features: - Dependency-based WOL with VLAN support - Built-in health checks…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   htop for the airwaves — a live 802.11 RF dashboard in your terminal▲10

   htop for the airwaves — a live 802.11 (Wi-Fi) RF dashboard in your terminal - yeet-src/airtop

   May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Using Rust to write shell-script like tasks▲231

   Common rust command-line macros and utilities, to write shell-script like tasks in a clean, natural and rusty way - rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Ht – HTTPie Clone in Rust▲251

   Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests. Contribute to ducaale/xh development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   psitop – top for /proc/pressure▲18

   psitop - top for /proc/pressure. Contribute to jamespwilliams/psitop development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Ledge.sh – Runnable Markdown Notesfree▲204

    Ledge is a Markdown notebook for developers and DevOps. Run a code block in place and its output streams in beneath it. Free and open source, for Mac and iPhone.

    22d ago · ledge.sh · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Cntrl Bridge▲75

    Turn your Windows/macOS computer into a scriptable server

    Jan 2026 · cntrl.pw · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Cliptop▲112

    Hi HN, I built Cliptop, a clipboard history app for macOS. Yes, it is another clipboard manager. I built it because I wanted one that felt fast from the keyboard, stayed local, handled more than plain text, and did not make me think too much about sensitive clipboard items. The main things I focused on: * Keyboard-first search and paste * Local clipboard history for text, links, code, images, files, colors, and design layers (e.g. Figma) * Quick actions like paste as plain text, color format conversion, image crop, background removal, and Markdown conversion * Pinboards for saving items and…

    Jun 2026 · cliptop.app · its alternatives →

13. 13
    G-win – .gcode parser written in Rust with winnow▲39

    crates.io serves as a central registry for sharing crates, which are packages or libraries written in Rust that you can use to enhance your projects

    2024 · crates.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Wsta – a CLI for working with WebSockets written in Rust▲85

    A CLI development tool for WebSocket APIs. Contribute to eliihen/wsta development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15R1
    Rust9x 1.76-beta – Rust on Windows 95+▲53

    HN discussion about the initial release: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31112273

    2023 · seri.tools · its alternatives →

16. 16
    a Rust lib to trigger actions based on your screen activity (with LLMs)▲29

    YC (S26) | Open Computer History | Record your screen continuously locally and provide context to your agents (Claude, Codex, Openclaw, Hermes, Runner...) - screenpipe/screenpipe

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    ht-mcp – a Rust MCP server of headless terminal for agents▲25

    We built a Rust MCP server, which wraps the excellent headless terminal (HT)[1] to makes it available for agentic coding tools. Most agentic coding tools struggle with blocking, interactive terminal tools (all the boilerplate generator, infra CLI tools etc). This is because many existing CLI dev tools are built for humans and require interactive input. We built this so agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Memex, etc) can “see” and “interact” with terminals exactly like humans do. In our demo video [2], you'll see it operating vim/emacs just as a human would - selecting options,…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    HSTR – easily view, navigate, search and manage your shell history▲33

    Bash and Zsh shell history TUI suggest box - easily view, navigate, search and manage your command history. - dvorka/hstr

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Ktop – a themed terminal system monitor with charts and OOM tracking▲8

    I built a terminal system monitor that fills a gap I kept hitting when running local LLMs: GPU usage and memory (for both NVidia and AMD) alongside CPU usage and memory, temps, upload, download and OOM kill tracking. All in one view with 50 colour themes. Consumes less cpu usage than glances (in my testing). One line install.

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    WolfStack – Proxmox-like server management in a single Rust binary▲32

    WolfStack folds Portainer, Uptime Kuma, Ansible, and Cockpit into a single Rust binary, and integrates with Proxmox and Tailscale. Manage Docker, LXC, VMs, networking, storage, backups, and status pages from one dashboard.

    Mar 2026 · wolfscale.org · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Wotop – Web on top of any protocol▲35

    Web on top of any protocol. Contribute to nishitm/wotop development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Ghost▲4

    Detect process injection and memory tampering in Rust

    Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Treetop – Accurate linux process tree CPU & memory usage (dotnet core)▲8

    Accurate memory and CPU usage stats for a linux process tree. - turbo/treetop

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Hyprmoncfg – Terminal-based monitor config manager for Hyprland▲11

    A spatial TUI editor with drag-and-drop, safe apply with revert, workspace planning, and a hotplug daemon. All in two zero-dependency Go binaries.

    Mar 2026 · paolino.me · its alternatives →

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