Terminal Tools for Monitoring
Monitoring ensures system stability, performance, server health and efficiency. Coupled with a terminal or web interface, it provides system administrators and developers with tracking live data of a system, which helps in detecting issues.
The family of 'top' tools are popular with developers, system administrators and devops engineers for monitoring their applications.
Below are a list of terminal tools that developers use for monitoring.
adguardian-term
An AdGuard Home terminal monitoring tool.
An AdGuard Home terminal monitoring tool.
adsb-tui
A modern terminal user interface for tracking aircraft using ADS-B data.
A modern terminal user interface for tracking aircraft using ADS-B data.
amdtop
A TUI system monitor specialized for AMD GPUs.
A TUI system monitor specialized for AMD GPUs.
atop
An advanced interactive monitor for linux systems.
An advanced interactive monitor for linux systems.
austin-tui
The top-like text-based user interface for Austin.
The top-like text-based user interface for Austin.
bandwhich
Terminal bandwidth utilization tool
Terminal bandwidth utilization tool
bmon
Bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
Bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
bottom
Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.
Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.
bpftop
Dynamic real-time view of running eBPF programs.
Dynamic real-time view of running eBPF programs.
btop
A terminal monitor of resources.
A terminal monitor of resources.
bullmq-dash
A TUI dashboard for BullMQ.
A TUI dashboard for BullMQ.
celerator
Monitor and debug celery tasks in the terminal.
Monitor and debug celery tasks in the terminal.
chdig
Dig into ClickHouse with TUI interface.
Dig into ClickHouse with TUI interface.
cooldeck
A keyboard first terminal dashboard for Coolify.
A keyboard first terminal dashboard for Coolify.
ctop
A top-like interface for container metrics.
A top-like interface for container metrics.
diskwatch
Single host disk diagnostics in your terminal.
Single host disk diagnostics in your terminal.
dolphie
Realtime MySQL health monitoring in the terminal.
Realtime MySQL health monitoring in the terminal.
dtop
Multi-host Docker monitoring in the terminal.
Multi-host Docker monitoring in the terminal.
dtop (python)
A high-performance TUI for Docker container management.
A high-performance TUI for Docker container management.
ecscope
monitor AWS ECS resources from the terminal.
monitor AWS ECS resources from the terminal.
erldash
A simple, terminal-based Erlang dashboard.
A simple, terminal-based Erlang dashboard.
exosphere
A CLI / TUI for aggregated patch reporting & system status monitoring via SSH.
A CLI / TUI for aggregated patch reporting & system status monitoring via SSH.
ffdash
A parallel batch video encoder for ffmpeg in the terminal.
A parallel batch video encoder for ffmpeg in the terminal.
flow
Real-time network throughput dashboard for the terminal.
Real-time network throughput dashboard for the terminal.
flowrs
A TUI application for Apache Airflow.
A TUI application for Apache Airflow.
framework-tool-tui
A TUI for controlling and monitoring Framework Computers hardware.
A TUI for controlling and monitoring Framework Computers hardware.
g1c
Google Cloud Instances Terminal UI Manager.
Google Cloud Instances Terminal UI Manager.
glances
A cross platform top/htop alternative in python.
A cross platform top/htop alternative in python.
goaccess
a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer.
a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer.
gotop
A terminal-based graphical activity monitor written in Go.
A terminal-based graphical activity monitor written in Go.
gptop
A TUI GPU monitor with support for both Apple Silicon and NVIDIA GPUs.
A TUI GPU monitor with support for both Apple Silicon and NVIDIA GPUs.
gtop
System monitoring dashboard for terminal.
System monitoring dashboard for terminal.
htop
An interactive process viewer.
An interactive process viewer.
httpmonitor
A small TUI application to monitor a single or multiple targets.
A small TUI application to monitor a single or multiple targets.
hwinfo-tui
A terminal visualization tool for monitoring real-time hardware sensor data from HWInfo.
A terminal visualization tool for monitoring real-time hardware sensor data from HWInfo.
ibtop
Real-time terminal monitor for InfiniBand networks.
Real-time terminal monitor for InfiniBand networks.
jolt
A beautiful TUI battery and energy monitor for your terminal.
A beautiful TUI battery and energy monitor for your terminal.
k9s
Kubernetes CLI and TUI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!
Kubernetes CLI and TUI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!
kdash
A simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes.
A simple and fast dashboard for Kubernetes.
kmon
Linux Kernel Manager and Activity Monitor.
Linux Kernel Manager and Activity Monitor.
ktop
A top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters.
A top-like tool for your Kubernetes clusters.
ku
A fast, keyboard-driven Kubernetes TUI.
A fast, keyboard-driven Kubernetes TUI.
lazycelery
A TUI for monitoring and managing Celery workers and tasks.
A TUI for monitoring and managing Celery workers and tasks.
lazykiq
A rich terminal UI for Sidekiq.
A rich terminal UI for Sidekiq.
macmon
Sudoless performance monitoring for Apple Silicon processors.
Sudoless performance monitoring for Apple Silicon processors.
nethogs
A linux 'net top' tool.
A linux 'net top' tool.
netop
A network topology visualizer.
A network topology visualizer.
netwatch
Real time network diagnostics in your terminal.
Real time network diagnostics in your terminal.
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