# cjbassi/gotop

A terminal based graphical activity monitor inspired by gtop and vtop

Repository: https://github.com/cjbassi/gotop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gotop
Language: Go
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: linux, terminal, golang, go, mouse, tui, osx
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-03-30T19:45:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3117, "days_push": 1252, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7405, forks 475 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:59.721165+00:00)

## What it is
gotop is a terminal-based graphical activity monitor written in Go, inspired by gtop and vtop, showing CPU, memory, and process widgets with keyboard and mouse interaction. The original repository is no longer maintained; users should use the maintained fork at xxxserxxx/gotop.

## Use cases
- monitor cpu and memory usage in the terminal
- view and kill processes from a tui
- watch per-core cpu graphs in a terminal
- a lightweight alternative to htop with graphs
- customize terminal monitor colorschemes

## When to choose
- you want a graphical terminal system monitor on Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD
- you prefer mouse and keyboard navigation for process management
- you want a lightweight Go binary without dependencies

## When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool - use the xxxserxxx/gotop fork instead
- you need Windows support
- you need remote server monitoring or alerting features

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: monitoring, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: monitoring, developer-tools
- platform: bsd, cli, cross-platform
- tags: tui, system-monitor, process-manager, go, unmaintained, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- cjbassi/gotop (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.721165+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 2026-08-29T17:38:02.522055+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cjbassi/gotop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:59.721165+00:00, sha 65512b045e4e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.