{"id":11830,"date":"2019-03-17T13:26:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T13:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=11830"},"modified":"2019-03-17T13:26:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T13:26:31","slug":"will-htop-replace-default-top-monitoring-tool-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/17\/will-htop-replace-default-top-monitoring-tool-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Will \u2018Htop\u2019 Replace Default \u2018Top\u2019 Monitoring Tool in Linux?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/12-top-command-examples-in-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top<\/a>\u00a0is a traditional command-line tool for monitoring real-time processes in a Unix\/Linux systems, it\u2019s comes preinstalled on most if not all Linux distributions and shows a useful summary of system information including uptime, total number of processes (and number of: running, sleeping, stopped and zombie processes), CPU and RAM usage, and a list of processes or threads currently being managed by the kernel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29517\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Linux-Process-Monitoring-with-Top.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Linux-Process-Monitoring-with-Top.gif\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Linux-Process-Monitoring-with-Top.gif 981w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Linux-Process-Monitoring-with-Top-768x507.gif 768w\" alt=\"Linux Process Monitoring with Top\" width=\"981\" height=\"648\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linux Process Monitoring with Top<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/find-processes-by-memory-usage-top-batch-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find Top 15 Processes By Memory Usage in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/install-htop-linux-process-monitoring-for-rhel-centos-fedora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Htop<\/a>\u00a0is an interactive, ncurses-based processes viewer for Linux systems. It is practically a top-like tool, but it displays colorful text, and uses ncurses to implement a text-graphical interface, and allows for output scrolling. It doesn\u2019t come preinstalled on most mainstream Linux distributions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Htop-Linux-Process-Monitoring.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Htop-Linux-Process-Monitoring.gif\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Htop-Linux-Process-Monitoring.gif 981w, https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Htop-Linux-Process-Monitoring-768x507.gif 768w\" alt=\"Linux Process Monitoring with Htop\" width=\"981\" height=\"648\" data-lazy-loaded=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linux Process Monitoring with Htop<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Why Htop is Better Than Top Monitoring Tool<\/h3>\n<p>Htop has become increasingly popular among Linux users, due to its modern features and ease of use. In fact, this has sparked a \u201c<strong>top Vs htop<\/strong>\u201d debate. The following are some of\u00a0<strong>htop<\/strong>\u00a0features not present in\u00a0<strong>top<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 why Linux users now prefer\u00a0<strong>htop<\/strong>\u00a0to its old counterpart\u00a0<strong>top<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It has a nicer text-graphics interface, with colored output.<\/li>\n<li>It is easy to use and highly configurable.<\/li>\n<li>Allows for scrolling process list vertically and horizontally to see all processes and complete command lines.<\/li>\n<li>It also displays a process tree and comes with mouse support.<\/li>\n<li>Allows you to easily perform certain functions related to processes (killing, renicing etc) which can be done without entering their PIDs.<\/li>\n<li>Htop is also much faster than top.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center>Another important thing to share that, in recent version of\u00a0<strong>Ubuntu 18.04<\/strong>, htop package comes preinstalled, it\u2019s in the list of default\u00a0<strong>Bionic<\/strong>\u00a0packages.<\/center><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/command-line-tools-to-monitor-linux-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20 Command Line Tools to Monitor Linux Performance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the\u00a0<strong>htop<\/strong>\u00a0package has been moved from the\u00a0<strong>Universe<\/strong>\u00a0repository (which contains\u00a0<strong>community-maintained<\/strong>\u00a0free and open-source packages) into the main repository (which contains free and open-source packages supported by\u00a0<strong>Canonical<\/strong>), as shown by the publishing history of\u00a0<strong>htop<\/strong>\u00a0package in\u00a0<strong>Ubuntu<\/strong>, on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/htop\/+publishinghistory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Launchpad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bearing in mind these recent advancements concerning the\u00a0<strong>htop<\/strong>\u00a0package in the Ubuntu repositories, coupled with its growing popularity among Linux users, the big question here is, will\u00a0<strong>htop<\/strong>\u00a0replace\u00a0<strong>top<\/strong>\u00a0as the default process monitoring tool on Linux Systems? Let\u2019s watch the space!<\/p>\n<p>There are also other tools in the mix, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/glances-monitor-remote-linux-in-web-server-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glances<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/how-to-install-atop-to-monitor-logging-activity-of-linux-system-processes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">atop<\/a>; the former is cross-platform, the most advanced of them all, and it\u2019s becoming popular as well.\u00a0<strong>Glances<\/strong>\u00a0is highly configurable, it can run in: standalone, client\/server and web server mode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/glances-monitor-remote-linux-in-web-server-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use Glances to Monitor Remote Linux in Web Server Mode<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although\u00a0<strong>htop<\/strong>\u00a0has modern process monitoring features and is easier to use,\u00a0<strong>top<\/strong>\u00a0has been around for a long time, and it is proven and tested. What is your take on this issue? Which of these tools would you say is better for Linux process monitoring? Use the feedback form below to share your thoughts with us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/htop-vs-top-in-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>top\u00a0is a traditional command-line tool for monitoring real-time processes in a Unix\/Linux systems, it\u2019s comes preinstalled on most if not all Linux distributions and shows a useful summary of system information including uptime, total number of processes (and number of: running, sleeping, stopped and zombie processes), CPU and RAM usage, and a list of processes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/17\/will-htop-replace-default-top-monitoring-tool-in-linux\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Will \u2018Htop\u2019 Replace Default \u2018Top\u2019 Monitoring Tool in Linux?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11831,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11830\/revisions\/11831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}