btop - Modern Resource Monitor¶

btop ist ein moderner, plattformübergreifender Ressourcenmonitor, der Nutzung und Statistiken für Prozessor, Speicher, Festplatten, Netzwerk und Prozesse zeigt. Es ist als Ersatz für Htop mit erweiterten Funktionen und einer besseren visuellen Präsentation konzipiert.

Installation¶

Ubuntu/Debian¶

```bash

Install from package manager (Ubuntu 22.04+)¶

sudo apt update sudo apt install btop

Install from snap¶

sudo snap install btop

Build from source¶

sudo apt install build-essential git cmake git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/btop.git cd btop make sudo make install ```_

CentOS/RHEL/Fedora¶

```bash

Fedora¶

sudo dnf install btop

CentOS/RHEL (EPEL required)¶

sudo yum install epel-release sudo yum install btop

Build from source¶

sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools" sudo yum install git cmake gcc-c++ git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/btop.git cd btop make sudo make install ```_

macOS¶

```bash

Using Homebrew¶

brew install btop

Using MacPorts¶

sudo port install btop

Build from source¶

git clone https://github.com/aristocratos/btop.git cd btop make sudo make install ```_

Arch Linux¶

```bash

Install from official repository¶

sudo pacman -S btop

Install from AUR¶

yay -S btop-git ```_

FreeBSD¶

```bash

Install from ports¶

sudo pkg install btop

Build from ports¶

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/btop sudo make install clean ```_

Basisnutzung¶

Starten von btop¶

```bash

Start btop with default settings¶

btop

Start with specific theme¶

btop --theme Default

Start in minimal mode¶

btop --minimal

Start with specific update interval¶

btop --update 1000

Start with debug logging¶

btop --debug ```_

Kommandozeilenoptionen¶

```bash

Display help¶

btop --help btop -h

Show version information¶

btop --version btop -v

Use specific configuration file¶

btop --config /path/to/config

Start in low-color mode¶

btop --low-color

Start with UTF-8 disabled¶

btop --no-unicode

Start with specific log level¶

btop --loglevel INFO ```_

Keyboard Shortcuts¶

```bash

q, Ctrl+c, Esc # Quit btop h, F1 # Show help +, - # Add/remove boxes Tab # Toggle between CPU and memory graphs Shift+Tab # Reverse toggle

Process Control¶

k # Kill selected process t # Tree view toggle r # Reverse sorting order c # Toggle command/name display delete # Clear process search / # Start process search n # Next search result N # Previous search result

View Controls¶

m # Toggle memory unit (KB, MB, GB) d # Toggle disk unit display n # Toggle network unit display y # Toggle sync mode z # Toggle zero values a # Toggle auto-scaling graphs g # Toggle GPU stats (if available)

Process Sorting¶

F5, s # Sort by PID F6, S # Sort by program name F7, c # Sort by CPU usage F8, m # Sort by memory usage ```_

Maussteuerungen¶

```bash

Mouse Support (if enabled)¶

Mouse wheel # Scroll process list Left click # Select process Right click # Process context menu Double click # Process details ```_

Konfiguration¶

Konfiguration Dateiort¶

```bash

Linux¶

~/.config/btop/btop.conf

macOS¶

~/Library/Application Support/btop/btop.conf

Create default config¶

btop --create-config ```_

Konfigurationsoptionen¶

```ini

btop.conf example configuration¶

Color theme¶

color_theme = "Default"

Update rate in milliseconds¶

update_ms = 2000

Process sorting¶

proc_sorting = "cpu lazy"

Process tree view¶

proc_tree = false

Process command display¶

proc_colors = true proc_gradient = true proc_per_core = false

CPU settings¶

show_cpu_freq = true cpu_graph_upper = "total" cpu_graph_lower = "total" cpu_invert_lower = true cpu_single_graph = false

Memory settings¶

show_swap = true swap_disk = true show_disks = true only_physical = true use_fstab = true

Network settings¶

net_download = 100 net_upload = 100 net_auto = true net_sync = false net_color_fixed = false

Display settings¶

shown_boxes = "cpu mem net proc" update_check = true background_update = true custom_cpu_name = "" disks_filter = "" mem_graphs = true show_gpu_info = false

Interface settings¶

vim_keys = false rounded_corners = true graph_symbol = "braille" graph_symbol_cpu = "default" graph_symbol_mem = "default" graph_symbol_net = "default" graph_symbol_proc = "default" shown_boxes = "cpu mem net proc" proc_left = false cpu_bottom = false show_uptime = true check_temp = true show_coretemp = true temp_scale = "celsius" show_cpu_freq = true ```_

Themen¶

```bash

Available themes¶

Default Default_light Gruvbox_dark Gruvbox_light Monokai Nord Solarized_dark Solarized_light TTY

Custom theme creation¶

mkdir -p ~/.config/btop/themes cp /usr/share/btop/themes/Default.theme ~/.config/btop/themes/custom.theme

Edit custom.theme with your colors¶

```_

Erweiterte Funktionen¶

Prozessmanagement¶

```bash

Process filtering and searching¶

/ # Start search Esc # Clear search Enter # Confirm search

Process tree view¶

t # Toggle tree view ± # Expand/collapse tree nodes

Process details¶

Enter # Show detailed process info i # Show process I/O stats o # Show process open files l # Show process limits e # Show process environment ```_

Systemüberwachung¶

```bash

CPU monitoring¶

1-9 # Show individual CPU cores 0 # Show all CPU cores combined Ctrl+L # Toggle CPU frequency display

Memory monitoring¶

m # Cycle through memory units Shift+M # Toggle memory graph type

Disk monitoring¶

d # Toggle disk usage display Shift+D # Toggle disk I/O stats

Network monitoring¶

n # Toggle network interface display Shift+N # Toggle network graph type ```_

GPU Überwachung (falls unterstützt)¶

```bash

GPU stats (NVIDIA/AMD)¶

g # Toggle GPU information Shift+G # Cycle GPU display modes

GPU configuration in btop.conf¶

show_gpu_info = true gpu_mirror_graph = true check_gpu = true ```_

Leistungsoptimierung¶

Ressourcennutzungseinstellungen¶

```ini

Reduce update frequency for lower CPU usage¶

update_ms = 5000

Disable expensive features¶

proc_tree = false show_disks = false check_temp = false background_update = false

Simplify display¶

graph_symbol = "block" proc_gradient = false rounded_corners = false ```_

Speicheroptimierung¶

```bash

Run with minimal memory footprint¶

btop --minimal

Disable background updates¶

btop --no-update

Use simple graph symbols¶

Set graph_symbol = "block" in config¶

```_

Integration und Automatisierung¶

Scripting mit btop¶

```bash

!/bin/bash¶

Monitor system and log high CPU processes¶

btop --batch --iter 1|grep -E "CPU|MEM" > system_stats.log

Export configuration¶

btop --print-config > btop_backup.conf

Automated monitoring¶

while true; do btop --batch --iter 1 --delay 60 >> monitoring.log sleep 60 done ```_

Fernüberwachung¶

```bash

SSH with btop¶

ssh user@remote-host btop

Screen/tmux session¶

screen -S monitoring btop tmux new-session -d -s monitoring btop

Watch mode for continuous monitoring¶

watch -n 5 'btop --batch --iter 1' ```_

Analyse der Ergebnisse¶

```bash

Capture btop output¶

btop --batch --iter 10 > system_snapshot.txt

Parse CPU usage¶

btop --batch --iter 1|grep "CPU"|awk '\\{print $2\\}'

Monitor specific process¶

btop --batch|grep "process_name" ```_

Fehlerbehebung¶

Gemeinsame Themen¶

```bash

Permission issues¶

sudo btop # Run with elevated privileges

Terminal compatibility¶

export TERM=xterm-256color # Set terminal type btop --no-unicode # Disable Unicode characters btop --low-color # Use basic colors

Performance issues¶

btop --minimal # Minimal interface btop --update 5000 # Slower updates ```_

Debug Mode¶

```bash

Enable debug logging¶

btop --debug --loglevel DEBUG

Check log files¶

tail -f ~/.config/btop/btop.log

Test configuration¶

btop --config /dev/null # Run without config btop --create-config # Recreate default config ```_

Systemkompatibilität¶

```bash

Check system requirements¶

uname -a # System information echo $TERM # Terminal type locale # Locale settings

Test terminal capabilities¶

tput colors # Color support tput cols; tput lines # Terminal dimensions ```_

Vergleich mit anderen Tools¶

btop vs htop¶

```bash

btop advantages¶

Modern C++ codebase
Better visual design
GPU monitoring support
More detailed process information
Cross-platform consistency
Active development

htop advantages¶

Lower resource usage
Wider distribution availability
More mature and stable
Simpler configuration ```_

btop vs top¶

```bash

btop advantages¶

Interactive interface
Real-time graphs
Mouse support
Process tree view
Better process management
Modern terminal features

top advantages¶

Universal availability
Lower resource usage
Scriptable output
Minimal dependencies ```_

Erweiterte Konfigurationsbeispiele¶

Benutzerdefinierte Farbschema¶

```ini

Custom theme file: ~/.config/btop/themes/custom.theme¶

theme[main_bg]="#1e1e2e" theme[main_fg]="#cdd6f4" theme[title]="#f38ba8" theme[hi_fg]="#89b4fa" theme[selected_bg]="#45475a" theme[selected_fg]="#cdd6f4" theme[inactive_fg]="#6c7086" theme[graph_text]="#f9e2af" theme[meter_bg]="#313244" theme[proc_misc]="#f5c2e7" theme[cpu_box]="#89b4fa" theme[mem_box]="#a6e3a1" theme[net_box]="#fab387" theme[proc_box]="#f38ba8" theme[div_line]="#6c7086" theme[temp_start]="#a6e3a1" theme[temp_mid]="#f9e2af" theme[temp_end]="#f38ba8" theme[cpu_start]="#89b4fa" theme[cpu_mid]="#cba6f7" theme[cpu_end]="#f38ba8" theme[free_start]="#a6e3a1" theme[free_mid]="#f9e2af" theme[free_end]="#f38ba8" theme[cached_start]="#89b4fa" theme[cached_mid]="#cba6f7" theme[cached_end]="#f38ba8" theme[available_start]="#a6e3a1" theme[available_mid]="#f9e2af" theme[available_end]="#f38ba8" theme[used_start]="#f38ba8" theme[used_mid]="#fab387" theme[used_end]="#f9e2af" theme[download_start]="#89b4fa" theme[download_mid]="#cba6f7" theme[download_end]="#f38ba8" theme[upload_start]="#a6e3a1" theme[upload_mid]="#f9e2af" theme[upload_end]="#f38ba8" theme[process_start]="#f38ba8" theme[process_mid]="#fab387" theme[process_end]="#f9e2af" ```_

Einrichtung zur Überwachung der Leistung¶

```ini

High-performance monitoring configuration¶

update_ms = 1000 proc_sorting = "cpu lazy" proc_tree = true proc_colors = true proc_gradient = true show_cpu_freq = true cpu_graph_upper = "total" cpu_graph_lower = "total" show_swap = true show_disks = true net_auto = true shown_boxes = "cpu mem net proc" graph_symbol = "braille" rounded_corners = true background_update = true check_temp = true show_uptime = true ```_

Dieses umfassende btop cheatsheet umfasst Installation, Konfiguration, Nutzung und erweiterte Funktionen. btop bietet moderne Systemüberwachungsfunktionen mit einer intuitiven Schnittstelle für Echtzeit-Leistungsanalyse und Prozessmanagement.

btop - Modern Resource Monitor¶

Installation¶

Ubuntu/Debian¶

Install from package manager (Ubuntu 22.04+)¶

Install from snap¶

Build from source¶

CentOS/RHEL/Fedora¶

Fedora¶

CentOS/RHEL (EPEL required)¶

Build from source¶

macOS¶

Using Homebrew¶

Using MacPorts¶

Build from source¶

Arch Linux¶

Install from official repository¶

Install from AUR¶

FreeBSD¶

Install from ports¶

Build from ports¶

Basisnutzung¶

Starten von btop¶

Start btop with default settings¶

Start with specific theme¶

Start in minimal mode¶

Start with specific update interval¶

Start with debug logging¶

Kommandozeilenoptionen¶

Display help¶

Show version information¶

Use specific configuration file¶

Start in low-color mode¶

Start with UTF-8 disabled¶

Start with specific log level¶

Schnittstelle Navigation¶

Keyboard Shortcuts¶

General Navigation¶

Process Control¶

View Controls¶

Process Sorting¶

Maussteuerungen¶

Mouse Support (if enabled)¶

Konfiguration¶

Konfiguration Dateiort¶

Linux¶

macOS¶

Create default config¶

Konfigurationsoptionen¶

btop.conf example configuration¶

Color theme¶

Update rate in milliseconds¶

Process sorting¶

Process tree view¶

Process command display¶

CPU settings¶

Memory settings¶

Network settings¶

Display settings¶

Interface settings¶

Themen¶

Available themes¶

Custom theme creation¶

Edit custom.theme with your colors¶

Erweiterte Funktionen¶

Prozessmanagement¶

Process filtering and searching¶

Process tree view¶

Process details¶

Systemüberwachung¶

CPU monitoring¶

Memory monitoring¶

Disk monitoring¶

Network monitoring¶

GPU Überwachung (falls unterstützt)¶

GPU stats (NVIDIA/AMD)¶

GPU configuration in btop.conf¶

Leistungsoptimierung¶

Ressourcennutzungseinstellungen¶

Reduce update frequency for lower CPU usage¶

Disable expensive features¶