{"repo":"htop-dev/htop","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/htop-dev/htop","clone":"git clone https://github.com/htop-dev/htop.git","description":"htop - an interactive process viewer","language":"C","stars":8256,"topics":["process","viewer","console","terminal","linux","macos","bsd","c","hacktoberfest"],"license":"GPL-2.0","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"Introduction htop is a cross-platform interactive process viewer. htop allows scrolling the list of processes vertically and horizontally to see their full command lines and related information like memory and CPU consumption. Also system wide information, like load average or swap usage, is shown. The information displayed is configurable through a graphical setup and can be sorted and filtered interactively. Tasks related to processes (e.g. killing and renicing) can be done without entering their PIDs. Running htop requires ncurses libraries, typically named libncurses(w). htop is written in C. For more information and details visit htop.dev. Usage See the manual page ( man htop ) or the help menu ( h or F1 inside htop ) for a list of supported key commands. Quick Start Some common actions to get you started with htop - Search processes: press / - Filter processes: press \\ - Toggle tree view: press t - Change process sort column: press . - Kill a process: select the process and press k Build instructions Prerequisite List of build-time dependencies: standard GNU autotools-based C toolchain - C99 compliant compiler - autoconf - automake - autotools ncurses Note about ncurses : htop requires ncurses 6.0. Be aware the appropriate package is sometimes still called libncurses5 (on Debian/Ubuntu). Also ncurses usually comes in two flavours: With Unicode support. Without Unicode support. This is also something that is reflected in the package name on Debian/Ubuntu (via the additio","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/htop-dev","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/htop-dev/htop/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}