Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to htop

The top open-source alternatives to htop are glances system monitoring, Stacer, and gtop. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

glances system monitoring Landing Page
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glances system monitoring

Glances is a cross-platform system monitoring tool written in Python. Written in Python, Glances will run on almost any plaftorm : GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OS X and Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 21 social mentions
Stacer Landing Page
2

Stacer

Ubuntu system optimizer
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring
gtop Landing Page
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gtop

System monitoring dashboard for terminal
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 2 social mentions
px app Landing Page
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px app

ps and top for human beings
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Command Line Tools #Linux #Console Application
psutil Landing Page
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psutil

psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 1 social mentions
Zabbix Landing Page
6

Zabbix

Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions
Netdata Landing Page
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Netdata

Monitor your servers, containers, and applications, in high-resolution and in real-time.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $3.0 / Monthly (Netdata Pro, $3 /Node /mo - Netdata Business, $4 /Node /mo )
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Incident Management 5 social mentions
Rainmeter Landing Page
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Rainmeter

Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Device Management #Monitoring Tools #System Information 6 social mentions
Prometheus Landing Page
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Prometheus

An open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management 224 social mentions
vnStat Landing Page
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vS

vnStat

vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a log of network...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 4 social mentions
System Informer Landing Page
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System Informer

A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Official successor to Process Hacker.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 3 social mentions
Wireshark Landing Page
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Wireshark

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Performance Monitoring 11 social mentions