vtop Alternatives

vtop is described as 'Graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended' and is a process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to vtop for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best vtop alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like vtop are htop, System Informer, btop++ and Mission Center.

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  1. Sysprof icon
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    Find and fix performance problems.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. Ctop icon
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    Top-like interface for container metrics. ctop provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers as well as a single container view for inspecting a specific container.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
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  3. A manager for tasks on the Android platform. An excellent task manager & killer. It can also optimize memory, storage, & cache. It integrates well with ES File Explorer & users can easily switch between the two apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
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    Glsof is two separate utilities (Queries & FileMonitor) to the command line utility Lsof by Vic Abell. Both applications are written in Java. Another fundamental requirement is the command line Lsof that has to be installed on your system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. gtop icon
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    System monitoring dashboard for terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. PrcView icon
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    PrcView is a process viewer utility that displays detailed information about processes running under Windows. For each process it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each DLL it shows full path and version information.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. A Qt based, self-contained (AppImage) tool that mimics the functionality of Windows 10 Task Manager's performance and process tab under Linux. It enables to oversee systemwide CPU, RAM, Disk I/O and Network utilization per device and per process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. cpulimit icon
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    CPU Usage Limiter for Linux - cpulimit is a simple program which attempts to limit the cpu usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in cpu time). This is useful to control batch jobs, when you don't want them to eat too much cpu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Ananicy icon
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    Ananicy (ANother Auto NICe daemon) — is a shell daemon created to manage processes' IO and CPU priorities, with community-driven set of rules for popular applications (anyone may add their own rule via github's pull request mechanism). It's mainly for desktop usage.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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