Top 10 ways to monitor Linux in a Terminal

Author: Level 2 Jeff
Published At: 2025-01-15T00:00:00
Length: 09:43

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Dig deeper into Linux performance with these 'top' 10 tools!

I also wrote this up on my blog, if you prefer to read instead of watch :)

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/top-10-ways-monitor-linux-console

And here are links to docs or setup guides for each of the tools:

- top: https://linux.die.net/man/1/top

- s-tui: https://amanusk.github.io/s-tui/

- htop: https://htop.dev

- atop: https://linux.die.net/man/1/atop

- iftop: https://linux.die.net/man/8/iftop

- iotop: https://github.com/Tomas-M/iotop

- nvtop: https://github.com/Syllo/nvtop

- asitop: https://github.com/tlkh/asitop

- btop: https://github.com/aristocratos/btop

- perf: https://www.brendangregg.com/perf.html

- wavemon: https://github.com/uoaerg/wavemon

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Contents:

00:00 - top

00:44 - s-tui

01:37 - htop

02:02 - atop

02:48 - iftop

03:26 - iotop and csysdig

04:11 - nvtop

05:07 - asitop

05:49 - btop

07:06 - perf

08:03 - wavemon

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