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btop

aristocratos/btop is a resource monitor written in C++ that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

Install

sudo apt install btop
sudo snap install btop
sudo snap connect btop:removable-media

Official binaries can be downloaded here.

Glances

nicolargo/glances is a cross-platform advance system monitor for usage monitoring for CPU, RAM, Network, GPU, etc.

Install

curl -L https://bit.ly/glances | bash

Or

wget -O- https://bit.ly/glances | bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt install python3-psutil

pip install glances --upgrade --user
# NVIDIA GPU support
pip install glances[gpu] --upgrade --user

nvtop

Syllo/nvtop is a GPU process monitor for AMD, Intel and NVIDIA GPUs.

Install

sudo apt install nvtop
sudo snap install nvtop
# Add the capability to kill processes inside nvtop
sudo snap connect nvtop:process-control
# Add the capability to inspect GPU information (fan, PCIe, power, etc)
sudo snap connect nvtop:hardware-observe
# AMDGPU process list support (read /proc/<pid>)
sudo snap connect nvtop:system-observe
# Temporary workaround to get per-process GPU usage (read /proc/<pid>/fdinfo)
sudo snap connect nvtop:kubernetes-support

Bottom

clementtsang/bottom is a resource monitor written in Rust. The command is btm.

Install

Download and install the deb release.

sudo snap install bottom

# To allow the program to run as intended
sudo snap connect bottom:mount-observe
sudo snap connect bottom:hardware-observe
sudo snap connect bottom:system-observe
sudo snap connect bottom:process-control

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