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patric-r/jvmtop

Java monitoring for the command-line, profiler included observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/patric-r/jvmtop · Java · GPL-2.0 (copyleft) 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

Full methodology

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

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
patric-r/jvmtopmain23

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