htop vs Resource Monitor : Which is Better?

htop

htop is an interactive system-monitor process-viewer. It is designed as an alternative to the Unix program top. It shows a frequently updated list of the processes running on a computer, normally ordered by the amount of CPU usage. Developed by Hisham Muhammad

License: Open Source

Categories: OS & Utilities

Apps available for Mac OS X Linux BSD

Resource Monitor

Resource Monitor a utility that displays information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time. Developed by Microsoft

License: Free

Categories: OS & Utilities System & Hardware

Apps available for Windows

htop VS Resource Monitor Feature comparision

Feature	htop	Resource Monitor
Lightweight
Performance Monitoring
Runs on command line
Affinity Mask
Network Monitoring
Portable
Process Monitoring
Command line interface
Hardware Monitoring
Process Lasso manages
Responsive design
Stability
System Info
Task Management
Application Monitoring
History graphs
Developer Tools
Terminal-based
Activity history