# aristocratos/bpytop

Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor

Repository: https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bpytop
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-06-01T20:57:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 43/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 24, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2254, "days_push": 458, "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 10922, forks 423 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:44.706454+00:00)

## What it is
bpytop is a terminal-based system resource monitor written in Python that displays usage and stats for CPU, memory, disks, network, and processes with a rich TUI. It is the predecessor to btop++, which is now the actively developed C++ version.

## Use cases
- monitor cpu and memory usage in the terminal
- see which processes are using the most resources
- terminal alternative to htop with graphs
- monitor disk and network usage on linux or mac
- kill or manage processes from a tui dashboard

## When to choose
- you want a polished, graph-rich resource monitor in Python
- you need a htop/top alternative with mouse support and themes
- you're on Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD and want pip/snap installability

## When to avoid
- you want the actively developed successor - use btop (C++) instead
- you need GPU monitoring or the newest platform support
- you need remote/cluster monitoring rather than a single-host view

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: monitoring
- platform: cli, python
- tags: system-monitor, htop-alternative, psutil, process-manager, terminal-dashboard, command-line, devops, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- aristocratos/bpytop (main) score 43

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.706454+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 2026-08-29T17:17:20.580083+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aristocratos/bpytop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.706454+00:00, sha 57ce4313df39)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/bpytop/json (fetched 2026-08-29T08:16:07.233105+00:00, sha d2265da4432f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.