Tool Profile

btop

A modern terminal system monitor with GPU, disk, network, and watt stats.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-07-04

Last seen:2026-07-04

Sightings:1

Source:github.com

What it is

A modern terminal system monitor with GPU, disk, network, and watt stats.

Why developers recommend it

Multiple commenters called it a better htop replacement.

Hacker News evidence

2026-07-04

One user said they migrated to btop because it is modern and informative, and another said it even replaced iStatMenu on a MacBook.

Explanation of everything you can see in htop/top on Linux (2019)