# btop 1.0.4


## btop++ Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

C++ version and continuation of bashtop and bpytop.

### Features

* Easy to use, with a game inspired menu system.
* Full mouse support, all buttons with a highlighted key is clickable and mouse
  scroll works in process list and menu boxes.
* Fast and responsive UI with UP, DOWN keys process selection.
* Function for showing detailed stats for selected process.
* Ability to filter processes.
* Easy switching between sorting options.
* Tree view of processes.
* Send any signal to selected process.
* UI menu for changing all config file options.
* Auto scaling graph for network usage.
* Shows IO activity and speeds for disks
* Battery meter
* Selectable symbols for the graphs
* Custom presets
* And more...

Location and version:

```console
$ which btop
/local/cluster/bin/btop
$ btop --version
btop version: 1.0.4
```

help message:

```console
$ btop --help
usage: btop [-h] [-v] [-/+t] [-p <id>] [--utf-force] [--debug]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show version info and exit
  -lc, --low-color      disable truecolor, converts 24-bit colors to 256-color
  -t, --tty_on          force (ON) tty mode, max 16 colors and tty friendly graph symbols
  +t, --tty_off         force (OFF) tty mode
  -p, --preset <id>     start with preset, integer value between 0-9
  --utf-force           force start even if no UTF-8 locale was detected
  --debug               start in DEBUG mode: shows microsecond timer for information collect
                        and screen draw functions and sets loglevel to DEBUG
```

software ref: <https://github.com/aristocratos/btop>