asitop ☆

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Description:
Perf monitoring CLI tool for Apple Silicon

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.0.24@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: monitoring apple-silicon cli performance system-utilities

Install: brew install asitop

About:
asitop is a command-line interface tool designed to monitor performance metrics specifically for Apple Silicon processors. It provides real-time insights into CPU and GPU utilization, memory usage, and power consumption, presenting data in an intuitive, terminal-based dashboard. This utility helps developers and power users optimize system efficiency and track resource-intensive tasks on macOS.

Key Features:

Real-time monitoring of CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine usage
Power consumption and thermal state tracking
User-friendly terminal UI (TUI) with live graphs
Supports Apple Silicon M1, M2, and M3 chips

Use Cases:

Monitoring system performance during code compilation or ML model training
Diagnosing battery drain issues or identifying power-hungry applications
Benchmarking hardware performance in terminal environment

Alternatives:

asitop – Lightweight, Python-based TUI focused on Apple Silicon metrics
htop – General-purpose process viewer, lacks Apple Silicon-specific GPU/Neural Engine data
iStat Menus – Comprehensive GUI-based system monitor, paid software

License: MIT

Dependencies: python@3.14

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 12, 2024 1:12pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	7f2f7981