Htop (Unix)
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| Developed by | Hisham H. Muhammad |
| Latest release | 0.8 |
| OS | Linux/Unix |
| Genre | Process Viewer / System Monitor |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | http://htop.sourceforge.net/ |
Htop is an advanced, interactive process viewer written for Linux. It is designed to replace 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. Unlike 'top', Htop provides a full list of processes running, instead of the top resource consuming processes. Htop also uses color and gives visual information about processor, swap and memory status.
Htop is often used in environments where Unix top does not provide enough information about the systems processes, like trying to find minor memory leaks in applications. It is also useful for killing runaway processes or things you just don't want running anymore, since you can cursor up and down unlike top.
Htop is written in the C Programming Language using the Ncurses library.
