htop vs GNOME System Monitor : Which is Better?

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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

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GNOME System Monitor

GNOME System Monitor shows you what programs are running and how much processor time, memory, and disk space are being used. Developed by The GNOME Project

License: Open Source

Apps available for Linux BSD

htop VS GNOME System Monitor Feature comparision

Feature htop GNOME System 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
Real-time monitoring
Services monitoring
*community curated information: This table may not have the most accurate information. Please suggest changes

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