Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

/usr/bin/htop is a system monitoring tool that displays running processes and system resource usage in an interactive terminal interface. It's designed for developers, system administrators, and power users who need to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. /usr/bin/htop launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Htop 2.0 released, now cross-platform▲613

   2016 · hisham.hm · its alternatives →

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   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 →

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   Witr – Explain why a process is running on your Linux system▲526

   Hi HN, I built a small Linux CLI tool called witr (Why Is This Running?). The idea came from a situation most of us have hit: you log into a machine, see a process or port running, and immediately wonder why it exists, who started it, and what is keeping it alive right now. witr traces a process, service, or port back to its origin and responsibility chain and explains it in a way that’s quick to read, especially when you’re debugging under pressure. This is v0.1.0. It’s intentionally small and focused. Feedback, criticism, and edge cases are very welcome. Repo:…

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Binocs▲67

   The uptime monitoring tool for the web in your CLI

   2022 · its alternatives →

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   Hnwatch – Linux x64 terminal-based real-time HN watcher/reader▲102

   2015 · 2ton.com.au · its alternatives →

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   MenuBar Stats▲173

   Advanced Mac system monitor right from the menu bar

   2017 · seense.com · its alternatives →

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   iStat Menus 5▲173

   An advanced Mac system monitor for your menubar

   2014 · bjango.com · its alternatives →

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   Linux tool to show progress for cp, rm, dd, etc.▲252

   Linux tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd, ... (formerly known as cv) - Xfennec/progress

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Thyme, a simple CLI to measure human time and focus▲99

   2016 · text.sourcegraph.com · its alternatives →

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    Taskbar stats▲62

    Display live system stats on Windows's taskbar

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Stats▲179

    macOS system monitor in your menu bar

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Shpool, a Lightweight Tmux Alternative▲323

    shpool is a terminal session persistence tool developed internally at google to support remote workflows, which we have open sourced.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Appstat – Process Monitor for Windows▲86

    Hey HN, I made a Windows process monitor for app developers and advanced end users. I wanted a taskmgr system-level graph view per app. Windows procmon, while capable, has always been tedious to set up (esp. if not used often). That's pretty much the whole idea behind the app--to simplify app-level monitoring, to make it easy. I hope some of you find it useful!

    2025 · pragmar.com · its alternatives →

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    Pluto – macOS system monitor app▲158

    Download Pluto Stats by Cyaneous, Inc. on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Pluto Stats.

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    TTop – System monitoring tool with historical data, triggers and TUI▲21

    It is not top/htop replacement because of historical snapshots which can help you to find problems back in time

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    HTerm, The Graphical Terminal for iOS, MacOS and Linux▲67

    2013 · 41j.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    htop for Windows Powershell - pstop▲6

    htop for Windows - terminal process monitor built in Rust

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    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 →

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    Linux server monitoring web dashboard▲175

    A beautiful web dashboard for Linux. Contribute to tariqbuilds/linux-dash development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Monitoror▲105

    Unified monitoring wallboard

    2020 · monitoror.com · its alternatives →

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    StackImpact – Python Production Profiler: CPU, Memory, Exceptions▲135

    DEPRECATED StackImpact Python Profiler - Production-Grade Performance Profiler: CPU, memory allocations, blocking calls, exceptions, metrics, and more - stackimpact/stackimpact-python

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I wrote a tool in Rust for tracking all allocations in a Linux process▲113

    allocscope - a memory tracking tool. Contribute to matt-kimball/allocscope development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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