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Add to SafariWhen comparing htop vs netdata, the Slant community recommends htop for most people. In the question“What are the best system monitors for UNIX-like systems?” htop is ranked 1st while netdata is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose htop is:
htop is a terminal application which displays all running processes in an ordered list view. There's just one view of htop which displays everything. This avoids needless navigation through different views which usually is very time consuming.
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Pros
Pro Important information all in one place
htop is a terminal application which displays all running processes in an ordered list view. There's just one view of htop which displays everything. This avoids needless navigation through different views which usually is very time consuming.
Pro Easily kill any process
You can scroll down to any process that you want to kill and just press F9 or k to kill it.
Pro Colorful
Pro Has process tree view
Toggle by F5 or t.
Pro Pleasant UI
Very nice UI with a good overview and nice colours.
Pro Plug and play
No need to configure anything to get started.
Pro Access via web
NetData is accessible via the web. So even remote hosts can be monitored.
Pro Smooth installation and setup
Cons
Con Horrible GUI
Con No network activity details
Con Lacks VIM bindings
Navigation is difficult if you have VIM bindings in your muscle memory.
Con CPU overhead
Con Only in browser (if you use it together with atop, you can do without though)
The application is only accessible via the web browser. So if it's not running it has to be started and then accessed via the browser.
Con Takes up a significant portion of cpu and memory in smaller server instances
