Xtop

A cross-platform TUI system monitor written in Rust. Uses ratatui for the terminal interface and sysinfo for real-time system metrics.

Features

CPU usage per core with temperature sensing
RAM and Swap monitoring with historical chart
Network RX/TX tracking per interface
Storage and Disk I/O visualization
Process list with live search, CPU/Memory/PID/Name sorting and ▲/▼ direction toggling
Battery monitoring (real probes on Linux, macOS and Windows)
GPU monitoring (NVIDIA via nvidia-smi on any platform; AMD/Intel via Linux sysfs probes)
12 color themes with custom theme support via JSONC
7 built-in layout modes + 3 Detail preset layouts, with custom layout support via JSONC
Full-screen mode for any widget
Configurable alert thresholds
Persistent configuration

See docs/features.md for a detailed feature breakdown.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xtop-cli/xtop/main/install.sh | bash

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xtop-cli/xtop/main/install.ps1 | iex

install.sh targets Linux package managers. On macOS (or any other platform) install with cargo:

cargo install --git https://github.com/xtop-cli/xtop --all-features

or build from source (see below).

git clone https://github.com/xtop-cli/xtop.git
cd xtop
cargo run --release

For detailed installation instructions, see docs/installation.md.

Run xtop after installation. Key controls:

For full usage details, see docs/usage.md.