btm
Cross-platform terminal system monitor
TLDR
Start resource monitor
SYNOPSIS
btm [options]
DESCRIPTION
btm (bottom) is a cross-platform graphical process/system monitor for the terminal. It provides information about CPU, memory, disk, network, and processes with a customizable interface.
The tool offers an alternative to htop and top with modern features and aesthetics.
PARAMETERS
-b, --basic
Basic mode (disable graphs)-r, --rate ms
Refresh rate in milliseconds (default: 1000)-a, --hide_avg_cpu
Hide average CPU usage-m, --hide_time
Hide time graph-t, --default_time_value ms
Default time range-c, --config path
Configuration file
CONFIGURATION
~/.config/bottom/bottom.toml
Main configuration file for flags, colors, layout, and widget settings.
FEATURES
- CPU usage per core
- Memory and swap monitoring
- Disk I/O and usage
- Network I/O
- Process list with sorting
- Process tree view
- Battery monitoring
- Temperature sensors
- Customizable widgets
- Mouse support
KEYBINDINGS
- q/Ctrl+C - Quit
- / - Filter
- dd - Kill process
- e - Expand widget
- +/- - Zoom time graph
- Tab - Switch widgets
- ? - Help
CAVEATS
Requires modern terminal with Unicode support. Some features platform-specific. Higher resource usage than minimal tools. Configuration can be complex.
HISTORY
bottom was created by Clement Tsang around 2019 as a modern, customizable system monitor written in Rust.