htop ☆

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Description:
Improved top (interactive process viewer)

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: monitoring processes cli system terminal

Install: brew install htop

About:
Htop is an interactive process viewer and system monitor for the command line. It provides a dynamic, color-coded display of system resources and running processes. Its main value is offering a more user-friendly and feature-rich alternative to the standard 'top' utility.

Key Features:

Interactive process management (kill, renice)
Vertical and horizontal scrolling
Tree view of process hierarchies
Detailed CPU, Memory, and Swap usage meters

Use Cases:

Real-time monitoring of system resource usage
Identifying and terminating unresponsive applications
Analyzing process relationships and resource consumption

Alternatives:

top – Standard Unix utility; htop offers better UI and interaction.
glances – More detailed system info; htop is more focused on processes.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Aug 1, 2024 4:11pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	1ad73198