A sleek terminal-based system monitor that gives you detailed insights to your resources and processes.

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Btop++ is a modern C++ system monitoring tool that serves as an enhanced alternative to the traditional top command. It provides real-time statistics for CPU, memory, disk, network, and processes with features like full mouse support, process filtering, detailed process information, and customizable themes. The tool is available in most Linux distribution repositories and offers both terminal user interface configuration and text-based config files for customization.

Btop++: Linux System Monitoring Tool That is Definitely Better than Top

It was thanks to Btop++ that I was able to complete my “full productivity” setup - a single screen setup, where each app was in full screen, so no bars, no stacking, no tiling - just bare-bones SwayWM with a few things configured under keyboard shortcuts to manage everything. Every app on a seperate workspace (terminal included - foot+tmux was running on one of them) - no screen space wasted on status bars, title bars or other widgets. 😋
The first workspace was to be occupied by a dashboard of sorts. I even started designing an app for that, but then I found Btop++, which fits the role perfectly:
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<li>date and time? ✅check</li>
<li>system resource monitoring? ✅check</li>
<li>temperature sensors? ✅check</li>
<li>process list? ✅check.</li>
</ul>
Everything I needed. 😊
My setup’s obviously painfully simple, but I like it that way. It helps me focus on the tasks at hand. 🙂

It’s cool and fast — no wonder it’s written in C++.

This is the alternative i use, keep the good work

I use it a lot and it is cool.
Last time when I deployed changes in our Filemaker server came pretty handy. Disk IO, CPU usage…

looks cooler than htop 🤓 I wish someday they replace it with ‘top’