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Snapshot 0 · 2026-11-04T12:47:25Z · Go · AGPL-3.0
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A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop
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### **NO LONGER MAINTAINED.** A maintained fork of gotop exists at https://github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop.
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<img src="./assets/logo/logo.png" width="20%" />
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Another terminal based graphical activity monitor, inspired by [gtop](https://github.com/aksakalli/gtop) and [vtop](https://github.com/MrRio/vtop), this time written in [Go](https://golang.org/)!
<img src="./assets/demos/demo.gif" />
<img src="./assets/screenshots/minimal.png" width="96%" />
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## Installation
Working and tested on Linux, FreeBSD and macOS. Windows support is planned. OpenBSD works with some caveats.
### Source
```bash
go get github.com/cjbassi/gotop
```
### Prebuilt binaries
**Note**: Doesn't require Go.
Clone the repo and then run [scripts/download.sh](./scripts/download.sh) to download the correct binary for your system from the [releases tab](https://github.com/cjbassi/gotop/releases):
```bash
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cjbassi/gotop /tmp/gotop
/tmp/gotop/scripts/download.sh
```
Then move `gotop` into your `$PATH` somewhere.
### Arch Linux
Install `gotop`, `gotop-bin`, or `gotop-git` from the AUR.
### FreeBSD
```bash
pkg install gotop
```
### Homebrew
```bash
brew tap cjbassi/gotop
brew install gotop
```
### Snap
```bash
snap install gotop-cjbassi
```
**Note**: You may need to enable certain permissions for all of the widgets to work:
```bash
snap connect gotop-cjbassi:hardware-observe
snap connect gotop-cjbassi:mount-observe
snap connect gotop-cjbassi:system-observe
```
## Usage
### Keybinds
- Quit: `q` or `<C-c>`
- Process navigation
- `k` and `<Up>`: up
- `j` and `<Down`: down
- `<C-u>`: half page up
- `<C-d>`: half page down
- `<C-b>`: full page up
- `<C-f>`: full page down
- `gg` and `<Home>`: jump to top
- `G` and `<End>`: jump to bottom
- Process actions:
- `<Tab>`: toggle process grouping
- `dd`: kill selected process or group of processes
- Process sorting
- `c`: CPU
- `m`: Mem
- `p`: PID
- CPU and Mem graph scaling:
- `h`: scale in
- `l`: scale out
- `?`: toggles keybind help menu
### Mouse
- click to select process
- mouse wheel to scroll through processes
### Colorschemes
gotop ships with a few colorschemes which can be set with the `-c` flag followed by the name of one. You can find all the colorschemes in the [colorschemes folder](./colorschemes).
To make a custom colorscheme, check out the [template](./colorschemes/template.go) for instructions and then use [default.json](./colorschemes/default.json) as a starter. Then put the file at `~/.config/gotop/<name>.json` and load it with `gotop -c <name>`. Colorschemes PR's are welcome!
### CLI Options
`-c`, `--color=NAME` Set a colorscheme.
`-m`, `--minimal` Only show CPU, Mem and Process widgets.
`-r`, `--rate=RATE` Number of times per second to update CPU and Mem widgets [default: 1].
`-V`, `--version` Print version and exit.
`-p`, `--percpu` Show each CPU in the CPU widget.
`-a`, `--averagecpu` Show average CPU in the CPU widget.
`-s`, `--statusbar` Show a statusbar with the time.
`-b`, `--battery` Show battery level widget (`minimal` turns off). [preview](./assets/screenshots/battery.png)
`-i`, `--interface=NAME` Select network interface [default: all].
## Built With
- [gizak/termui](https://github.com/gizak/termui)
- [nsf/termbox](https://github.com/nsf/termbox-go)
- [exrook/drawille-go](https://github.com/exrook/drawille-go)
- [shirou/gopsutil](https://github.com/shirou/gopsutil)
- [goreleaser/nfpm](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm)
- [distatus/battery](https://github.com/distatus/battery)
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