# MrRio/vtop

Wow such top. So stats. More better than regular top.

Repository: https://github.com/MrRio/vtop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vtop
Homepage: http://parall.ax/vtop
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-10-08T04:58:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4479, "days_push": 2155, "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 4173, forks 152 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:38.063640+00:00)

## What it is
vtop is a graphical activity monitor for the command line, written in Node.js, that visualizes CPU and memory usage with braille-character charts and groups processes by name. It serves as a more visual alternative to the traditional Unix 'top' utility, with themes, mouse support, and keyboard shortcuts.

## Use cases
- monitor cpu and memory usage in the terminal
- visualize system resource spikes over time
- find and kill processes grouped by name
- replace top with a prettier activity monitor
- customize terminal monitor color themes

## When to choose
- you want a graphical, chart-based alternative to top or htop
- you prefer process grouping and braille-drawn graphs in the terminal
- you want a simple cross-platform monitor installable via npm

## When to avoid
- you need low-overhead, minimal system monitoring on constrained servers
- you need advanced features like per-core breakdowns, sensors, or server request metrics
- you require actively developed software with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: monitoring, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: monitoring, developer-tools
- platform: cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: system-monitor, process-viewer, top-alternative, charts, braille-graphics, command-line, nodejs, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- MrRio/vtop (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.063640+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 2026-08-29T18:22:43.954263+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/MrRio/vtop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:38.063640+00:00, sha 8d2aff1ff62f)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/vtop (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:37.161851+00:00, sha 20e266d5a52a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.