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rapidloop/rtop

rtop is an interactive, remote system monitoring tool based on SSH observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/rapidloop/rtop · Go · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

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: 4134
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1549
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2187 stars · 155 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

rtop is an interactive remote system monitoring tool that connects over SSH and displays vital metrics like CPU, disk, memory, and network usage. It requires no special software on the monitored host beyond an SSH server and credentials, and only works with Linux systems.

Use cases

  • monitor cpu memory disk and network on remote linux servers over ssh
  • check system health of a remote machine without installing agents
  • watch live metrics on a server i have ssh access to
  • simple interactive server monitoring from my terminal
  • inspect resource usage on remote hosts with just ssh credentials

When to choose

  • you need agentless monitoring of linux hosts you can ssh into
  • you want a lightweight interactive terminal dashboard instead of a full monitoring stack
  • you prefer zero configuration and no runtime dependencies

When to avoid

  • you need monitoring of non-linux systems
  • you need historical metrics, alerting, or dashboards rather than live interactive views
  • you need to monitor many hosts at scale with centralized collection

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

monitoring ssh cli monitoring cross-platform cli remote-monitoring system-metrics go devops command-line linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
rapidloop/rtopmain32

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