htop
htop is an interactive process viewer for Linux. It is a text-mode application (for console or X terminals) and requires ncurses. htop is an interactive top replacement that runs in the terminal.
- Free
- Open Source
- Mac OS X
- Linux
- BSD
htop is an interactive process viewer for linux. it is a textmode application (for console or x terminals) and requires ncurses. htop is an interactive top replacement that runs in the terminal.
comparison between htop and top
* in 'htop' you can scroll the list vertically and horizontally to see all processes and complete command lines.* in 'top' you are subject to a delay for each unassigned key you press (especially annoying when multikey escape sequences are triggered by accident).* 'htop' starts faster ('top' seems to collect data for a while before displaying anything).* in 'htop' you don't need to type the process number to kill a process, in 'top' you do.* in 'htop' you don't need to type the process number or the priority value to renice a process, in 'top' you do.* 'htop' supports mouse operation, 'top' doesn't* 'top' is older, hence, more used and tested.
Links to official htop sites
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process-viewer process-list performance-monitoring
