patric-r/jvmtop
Java monitoring for the command-line, profiler included observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4068
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1855
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1238 stars · 249 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
jvmtop is a lightweight top-like console application that monitors all accessible running JVMs on a machine, displaying JVM internal metrics such as heap memory, CPU, and GC usage. It also includes a console CPU profiler for Java processes.
Use cases
- monitor all running java processes on a server from the terminal
- find which jvm is consuming the most cpu
- profile a java application's cpu usage from the command line
- watch heap memory usage of a tomcat or resin instance
- debug gc activity across multiple jvms
- quickly inspect jvm metrics without a gui
When to choose
- you need a lightweight, terminal-based alternative to jconsole or visualvm
- you want a top-like view of all JVMs on a Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, or Windows host
- you need a quick console CPU profiler without installing heavy tooling
When to avoid
- you need rich GUI dashboards, historical charts, or alerting
- you only have a JRE installed - a full JDK is required
- you need actively maintained tooling with recent fixes and modern JDK support
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
monitoring benchmarking developer-tools terminal-ui developer-tools monitoring performance windows cli jvm jvm-monitoring profiler top-like java-processes console-profiler command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/patric-r/jvmtop · fetched 2026-08-28 · 521a201aae86
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| patric-r/jvmtop | main | 23 |
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