Discover bashtop: The Bash‑Powered Linux Resource Monitor You Need

bashtop is a Bash‑written Linux resource monitor that displays CPU, memory, disk, network and process usage.

It has gained popularity on GitHub Trending and is discussed on Reddit and Hacker News.

Easy‑to‑use, game‑inspired menu system.

Responsive UI with UP/DOWN keys for quick process selection.

Shows detailed statistics for selected processes.

Process filtering.

Easy switching between sorting options.

Send SIGTERM, SIGKILL, SIGINT to processes.

UI menu for changing all configuration file options.

Automatic scaling graph for network usage.

Displays a message when a new version is available.

The UI can display detailed information for a pre‑selected process, as shown in the screenshots.

All options are configurable via the UI; the configuration files are stored in $HOME/.config/bashtop, e.g., bashtop.cfg.

# Config file for bashtop v. 0.8.0
# Color theme
color_theme="Default"
# Update time in ms (recommended 2000)
update_ms="2500"
# Process sorting method
proc_sorting="cpu lazy"
proc_reversed="false"
# Check CPU temperature (requires sensors)
check_temp="true"
# Draw clock (strftime format, empty to disable)
draw_clock="%R"
# Background UI update
background_update="true"
# Custom CPU name (empty to disable)
custom_cpu_name=""
# Error logging
error_logging="true"

Command‑line usage (currently not fully implemented): USAGE: bashtop Project repository: https://github.com/aristocratos/bashtop