btm

Cross-platform terminal system monitor

TLDR

Start resource monitor

$ btm

Basic mode (less features)

$ btm -b

Specific refresh rate

$ btm -r [2000]

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.

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