# tlkh/asitop

Perf monitoring CLI tool for Apple Silicon

Repository: https://github.com/tlkh/asitop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/asitop
Homepage: https://tlkh.github.io/asitop/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cpu, gpu, cli, macos, m1, apple-silicon
Last push: 2024-04-18T05:07:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1771, "days_push": 867, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4627, forks 213 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:55.246596+00:00)

## What it is
asitop is a Python-based, nvtop-inspired performance monitoring CLI tool for Apple Silicon Macs. It displays CPU/GPU/ANE utilization, frequencies, memory and swap usage, and power consumption by wrapping macOS's built-in powermetrics utility.

## Use cases
- monitor CPU and GPU utilization on an M1 MacBook
- track Apple Neural Engine usage via power draw
- watch RAM and swap usage on Apple Silicon
- measure CPU and GPU power consumption over time
- check CPU/GPU frequencies and active residency
- view peak and rolling-average power charts in the terminal

## When to choose
- you have an Apple Silicon (M1/M2) Mac and want a lightweight htop/nvtop-style monitor
- you need terminal-based hardware telemetry including ANE and power metrics
- you want a quick pip-installable tool with minimal performance overhead

## When to avoid
- you are on an Intel Mac or non-macOS platform
- you cannot or will not run the tool with sudo (powermetrics requires root)
- you need per-process monitoring or historical logging rather than a live dashboard

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: monitoring, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, performance, apple-ecosystem
- platform: cli, python
- tags: apple-silicon, m1, powermetrics, system-monitoring, terminal-ui, gpu-monitoring, ane, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- tlkh/asitop (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.246596+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:19:37.699239+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tlkh/asitop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:55.246596+00:00, sha c4a30ab96423)
  - homepage: https://tlkh.github.io/asitop/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:04:27.167954+00:00, sha e5910f91e27e)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/asitop/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:04:27.177888+00:00, sha c74a8cca7113)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.