Htop 2.0 released
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system monitor
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How HN took it
23 positive, 47 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 79 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Execution: 10 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Favourite top replacement, a must-have tool
From 3 comments
My favorite top replacement. Keep up the good work!
Florin_Andrei on HNYes, it is hard top something called top, but htop does! It is a must have.
twothamendment on HNThis is one of the first things I install on any new Linux system. Amazing tool.
mayhew on HN
Now runs on FreeBSD, OpenBSD and OS X, not just Linux
From 3 comments
> Now we use it to mean various flavours of Linux. ? "Portable" htop 2.0 works on FreeBSD[0], OpenBSD[1] and OSX[2], not just "various flavours of linux". [0]…
masklinn on HNit is a big news - it really is cross-platform - OS X version was really outdated
alfanick on HNYep! Perfect! Now I don't need to do some kind of magic :) when installing on my FreeBSD servers. Congrats!
macint0sh on HN
Mouse support and configurable meters
From 2 comments
woohoo! ProTip: Even older versions of htop have mouse support. You can click on columns the change sorting for example.
gourneau on HNIf you press F2 you can change the setup for the top meters and switch it out with CPU average or other combinations of cores.
NocturnalWaffle on HN
Objections
Not cross-platform in the conventional sense; no Windows support
From 3 comments
Still no Windows though.
niutech on HNTo be fair, it is still only for POSIX-y systems. Not cross platform in the conventional sense.
drvortex on HNWait, where are the Windows binaries? Oh, I see. They trying to be smart and say "cross-platform" because now it runs on more Linux distros. That's not smart, that's faulty…
romanovcode on HN
Config file (.htoprc) is opaque
From 1 comment
...or if you're not the interactive type (or deploy untold millions of images), edit .htoprc . Hm. Given the opacity of that config file, I went the way "configure interactively,…
Piskvorrr on HN
Tree view sorting is by pid only
From 1 comment
Tree view is sorted by pid only, sorry. I'm afraid moving entire subtrees based on other criteria (such as CPU%) would make the screen unbearably jumpy.
hisham_hm on HN
Requests
Sorting in tree view
From 1 comment
I don't suppose this finally allows sorting in tree view, does it? That's been a feature I've been wanting forever.
AnkhMorporkian on HN
Vi keybindings
From 1 comment
still no vi keybindings?
j2432984 on HN
Better search and filtering of processes
From 1 comment
My biggest feature request is better search workflow (perhaps like Vim, instead of having to press F3) and ability to filtering/grep the list of processes when searching. I am…
sina on HN
Questions
How to install the 2.0 version via Homebrew
From 2 comments
Huge htop fan. Honestly probably my favorite unix utility. Just did `brew update && brew upgrade` but not seeing an htop update. I am still running htop 0.8.2.8 via brew. Also…
nodesocket on HNI too would like to know how to install via brew.
alphonse23 on HN
Mouse wheel support in PuTTY
From 1 comment
Has anyone got mouse wheel support working on a PuTTy terminal? I've compiled htop from source against ncurses 6 on Ubuntu, but no luck. I know it sounds like I'm asking a lot…
nograpes on HN
Alternatives named
glances
From 2 comments
I used to use htop, but switched to glances at some point, because of a quicker-to-find-the-info-you-want interface.
lqdc13 on HNGlances: https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/
joejoebob on HN
top, atop, ntop, vtop
From 2 comments
Ok so I know of and have tried top, atop, htop, ntop. What else is out there??
spirit555 on HNtfa mentions vtop, which is a node.js version of top
aeosynth on HN
iotop, iftop, powertop, dstat, nmon
From 4 comments
iotop
mappu on HNiftop for network stuff "iotop -o" is also useful, for seeing if that process is actually writing to disk powertop is a great utility for improving laptop battery life - it…
vacri on HNdstat, the best one imho. Can replace quite a few of the other tools.
bmurphy1976 on HNnmon http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-analyze_aix/
akerro on HN