gotop

Another terminal based graphical activity monitor, inspired by gtop and vtop, this time written in Go!

Runs as gotop|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 11 fields

Start the gotop system monitor with a chosen layout, colour scheme and refresh rate. Remote monitoring, device filters, extensions and config-file options are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui gotop

Run gotopExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Layout

kitchensinkstring

Colour scheme

string

Refresh rate

string

Show each CPU core

--percpu

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Everything on screen

layoutpercpuratecolor

Watch one network interface

interfacembpsrate

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Layout

Name of a layout (for example kitchensink or battery), or a layout file.
string

--layout-lkitchensinkbattery

Colour scheme

string

--color-c

Refresh rate

Update interval as a duration, for example 1s or 500ms.
string

--rate-r

Network interface

string

--interface-i

Graph horizontal scale

integer

--graphscale-S

Show each CPU core

boolean

--percpu-p

Show average CPU load

boolean

--averagecpu-a

Show status bar

boolean

--statusbar-s

Fahrenheit temperatures

boolean

--fahrenheit

Network in megabits per second

boolean

--mbps

Enable NVidia GPU monitoring

boolean

--nvidia

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

help

color := goopt.String([]string{"--color", "-c"}, conf.Colorscheme.Name, tr.Value("args.color")) graphhorizontalscale := goopt.Int([]string{"--graphscale", "-S"}, conf.GraphHorizontalScale, tr.Value("args.scale")) percpuload := goopt.Flag([]string{"--percpu", "-p"}, []string{"--no-percpu"}, tr.Value("args.percpu"), tr.Value("args.no-percpu")) averageload := g…

helpmaster 2026-10-27

github.com

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