Life & fun · February 11, 2016
Htop 2.0 released, now cross-platform
Htop 2.0 released, now cross-platform launched on February 11, 2016 with 613 votes, #6 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
Htop 2.0 is a system monitoring tool that displays running processes and system resources in an interactive interface. It is for users who need to monitor and manage processes on their computer. The software, previously limited to Linux, now works across multiple platforms, making it accessible to a wider audience beyond its original user base.
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From the sources
This is htop, a cross-platform interactive process viewer. It is a text-mode application (for console or X terminals) and requires ncurses. If you want to support htop, consider donating at Hack Club. This US IRS-approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization is hosting htop as our fiscal sponsor since March 2024. Please check out the changelog for details and credits of our releases! Since version 2.0, htop is now cross-platform! Check out the video and slides of Hisham's presentation at FOSDEM 2016 about how this came to be. The current releases support Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, MacOS andfrom hisham.hm
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