Monitoring Usage

btop is a modern resource monitor that shows CPU, memory, disk, and network usage with an interactive and colorful interface.

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ml btop
btop

Use Esc or q to quit.

Hint

Find yourself using btop often? you can add ml btop to your .zshrc

Basic Navigation

Key

Action

↑ / ↓

Move between sections

← / →

Change active graphs

m

Toggle between memory views

t

Change CPU graph style

f

Open process filter

Esc / q

Exit btop

Note

it’s possible to enable vim keybinds from the options menu

Configuration

To customize appearance and behavior, edit the config file:

vim ~/.config/btop/btop.conf

You can also press M (capital M) inside btop to open the options menu.

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