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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Another terminal based graphical activity monitor, inspired by [gtop](https://github.com/aksakalli/gtop) and [vtop](https://github.com/MrRio/vtop), this time written in [Go](https://golang.org/)! -The original author of gotop has re-implemented the application in Rust, as [ytop](https://github.com/cjbassi/ytop). This is a fork of original gotop project with a new maintainer. +Join us in [\#gotop:matrix.org](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#gotop:matrix.org) ([matrix clients](https://matrix.to/#/#gotop:matrix.org)). <img src="./assets/screenshots/demo.gif" /> <img src="./assets/screenshots/kitchensink.gif" /> @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ The original author of gotop has re-implemented the application in Rust, as [yto Working and tested on Linux, FreeBSD and MacOS. Windows binaries are provided, but have limited testing. OpenBSD works with some caveats; cross-compiling is difficult and binaries are not provided. +If you install gotop by hand, or you download or create new layouts or colorschemes, you will need to put the layout files where gotop can find them. To see the list of directories gotop looks for files, run `gotop -h`. The first directory is always the directory from which gotop is run. + ### Arch AUR contains entries for `gotop` and `gotop-bin`. `gotop-git` still points at the old, unmaintained, repository for the moment. @@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ gotop can be installed with [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/); you'll need to tap the brew uninstall gotop # If previously installed brew untap cjbassi/gotop # If previously tapped brew tap xxxserxxx/gotop -brew install xxxserxxx/gotop +brew install xxxserxxx/gotop/gotop ``` ### Prebuilt binaries @@ -141,10 +143,7 @@ and these are separated by spaces. 3. Spaces are compressed (so you can do limited visual formatting) 4. Legal widget names are: cpu, disk, mem, temp, batt, net, procs 5. Widget names are not case sensitive -4. The simplest row is a single widget, by name, e.g. - ``` - cpu - ``` +4. The simplest row is a single widget, by name, e.g. `cpu` 5. **Weights** 1. Widgets with no weights have a weight of 1. 2. If multiple widgets are put on a row with no weights, they will all have @@ -152,29 +151,35 @@ and these are separated by spaces. 3. Weights are integers 4. A widget will have a width proportional to its weight divided by the total weight count of the row. E.g., + ``` cpu net disk/2 mem/4 ``` + The first row will have two widgets: the CPU and network widgets; each will be 50% of the total width wide. The second row will have two widgets: disk and memory; the first will be 2/6 ~= 33% wide, and the second will be 5/7 ~= 67% wide (or, memory will be twice as wide as disk). -9. If prefixed by a number and colon, the widget will span that number of - rows downward. E.g. - ``` - mem 2:cpu - net - ``` - Here, memory and network will be in the same row as CPU, one over the other, - and each half as high as CPU; it'll look like this: - ``` - +------+------+ - | Mem | | - +------+ CPU | - | Net | | - +------+------+ - ``` +9. If prefixed by a number and colon, the widget will span that number of + rows downward. E.g. + + ``` + mem 2:cpu + net + ``` + + Here, memory and network will be in the same row as CPU, one over the other, + and each half as high as CPU; it'll look like this: + + ``` + +------+------+ + | Mem | | + +------+ CPU | + | Net | | + +------+------+ + ``` + 10. Negative, 0, or non-integer weights will be recorded as "1". Same for row spans. 11. Unrecognized widget names will cause the application to abort. @@ -229,6 +234,10 @@ Interfaces can also be ignored using `!` - [goreleaser/nfpm](https://github.com/goreleaser/nfpm) - [distatus/battery](https://github.com/distatus/battery) +## History + +The original author of gotop started a new tool in Rust, called [ytop](https://github.com/cjbassi/ytop). This repository is a fork of original gotop project with a new maintainer. + ## Stargazers over time [](https://starcharts.herokuapp.com/xxxserxxx/gotop) |