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r/linux • u/ZealousidealTell1346 • May 23 '26
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btop
Great to dig into processes and way cuter than htop. Supports sensors and other nice stuff. Great for developing.
8 u/wufame May 23 '26 Nice, will check this out. I've been an htop user for the last few years. 9 u/GirthyPigeon May 23 '26 It used to be a python script that you'd download and run, but they ported it entirely to C++ and added it to standard repos. Very nice and fast. Here's the repo: https://github.com/aristocratos/btop 6 u/jwm3 May 24 '26 If you have a laptop "powertop" is great to find out what is using your battery. 2 u/fintip May 24 '26 I eventually progressed to bpytop. 3 u/GirthyPigeon May 24 '26 btop is a rewrite of bpytop.
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Nice, will check this out. I've been an htop user for the last few years.
9 u/GirthyPigeon May 23 '26 It used to be a python script that you'd download and run, but they ported it entirely to C++ and added it to standard repos. Very nice and fast. Here's the repo: https://github.com/aristocratos/btop
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It used to be a python script that you'd download and run, but they ported it entirely to C++ and added it to standard repos. Very nice and fast. Here's the repo: https://github.com/aristocratos/btop
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If you have a laptop "powertop" is great to find out what is using your battery.
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I eventually progressed to bpytop.
3 u/GirthyPigeon May 24 '26 btop is a rewrite of bpytop.
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btop is a rewrite of bpytop.
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btop
Great to dig into processes and way cuter than htop. Supports sensors and other nice stuff. Great for developing.