# nschloe/tiptop

:desktop_computer: Command-line system monitoring

Repository: https://github.com/nschloe/tiptop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tiptop
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-09-04T05:35:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 41/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 40, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1804, "days_push": 363, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2123, forks 86 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:16.645530+00:00)

## What it is
tiptop is a command-line system monitoring tool in the spirit of top, displaying system stats with graphs in a terminal UI. It is built in Python using Textual for layouting and psutil for fetching system data, and works on all operating systems.

## Use cases
- monitor cpu and memory usage from the terminal
- a better top alternative with graphs
- view system stats in a tui dashboard
- track network interface activity in the terminal
- replace htop with a python-based system monitor

## When to choose
- you want a modern, graph-rich terminal system monitor
- you prefer installing tools via pip
- you need a cross-platform top alternative

## When to avoid
- you need lightweight, zero-dependency monitoring like plain top
- you need remote or headless server monitoring without a terminal UI
- you need deep per-process management features of htop

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, terminal-ui, cli
- domain: monitoring, developer-tools, performance
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli, python
- tags: system-monitor, top-alternative, htop-alternative, textual, psutil, system-stats, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- nschloe/tiptop (main) score 41

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.645530+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 2026-08-30T02:52:51.069190+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nschloe/tiptop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.645530+00:00, sha 5ea9e9ba4f96)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/tiptop/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:32:47.702160+00:00, sha ccb2612abd1f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.