Installing and Using Bpytop – A Beautiful Python‑Based Terminal Resource Monitor
This guide introduces Bpytop, the Python‑based, visually appealing terminal resource monitor, outlines its key features, explains the required prerequisites, and provides step‑by‑step instructions—including code snippets—for installing and operating the tool on Linux systems.
For terminal enthusiasts, monitoring system resource usage is essential, and while tools like top and htop show only basic metrics, Bpytop offers a richer, visually appealing interface as the Python implementation of bashtop.
Key features of Bpytop include:
A fast‑responsive UI with arrow navigation
In‑UI configuration options
Keyboard and mouse support with menu scrolling
Process filtering
Display of current disk read/write speeds
Ability to send SIGTERM, SIGKILL, and SIGINT to selected processes
Auto‑scaling graphs for network usage and disk I/O
Before installing Bpytop, ensure your system meets the following requirements:
Python 3.6 or newer
The psutil module (install with python3 -m pip install psutil)
Installation can be performed via package managers, but the manual method is described here:
1. Clone the repository from GitHub:
$ git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop.git2. Change into the cloned directory: $ cd bpytop 3. Build and install the program: $ sudo make install After installation, launching bpytop displays a comprehensive view of CPU, memory, network, and disk usage. Press ESC to access the Help screen for command usage and keyboard shortcuts, and press q to quit. Configuration files can be edited in $HOME/.config/bpytop.
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