# Xfennec/progress

Linux tool to show progress for cp, mv, dd, ... (formerly known as cv)

Repository: https://github.com/Xfennec/progress
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/progress
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: monitoring, linux, coreutils
Last push: 2024-11-19T08:43:10+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": 4667, "days_push": 652, "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 8858, forks 313 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:26.057506+00:00)

## What it is
A small C command-line tool that scans running coreutils commands (cp, mv, dd, tar, gzip, etc.) and displays their progress as a percentage, with estimated time and throughput. It also offers a top-like monitoring mode and works by inspecting /proc (or libproc on macOS).

## Use cases
- show progress of a running cp or mv command
- monitor dd disk copy progress
- watch progress of tar or gzip archives
- track download progress of firefox
- monitor any long-running command by PID
- top-like view of all file-copying processes

## When to choose
- you want to see percentage, ETA, and throughput of coreutils commands already running
- you need a lightweight tool that works with virtually any command without wrapping it
- you're on Linux, FreeBSD, or macOS and want a simple install from system packages

## When to avoid
- you need progress bars for GUI applications or non-file-based operations
- you want a shell-integrated progress bar for commands you launch yourself (use pv or similar instead)
- you're on Windows, which is not supported

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: monitoring, cli
- domain: developer-tools, monitoring
- platform: bsd, cli
- tags: coreutils, progress-bar, c, process-monitoring, ncurses, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- Xfennec/progress (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.057506+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 2026-08-29T17:24:46.759284+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Xfennec/progress (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.057506+00:00, sha 8ae77e772e9e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.