ktop

A terminal-based system resource monitor built for tracking resource usage when running hybrid LLM workloads.

Features

Latest

• Rewritten from Python to Rust — single static binary, near-zero CPU overhead, instant startup
• One-line install and upgrade: curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brontoguana/ktop/master/install.sh | bash
• No runtime dependencies — no Python, no pip, no venv

Core

• GPU Monitoring — Per-GPU utilization and memory usage with color-coded sparkline history (NVIDIA + AMD)
• Network Monitoring — Upload/download speeds with separate colored sparklines (upload extends up, download extends down)
• CPU Monitoring — Overall CPU usage with gradient bar chart and sparkline history
• Memory Monitoring — RAM and swap usage with gradient progress bars
• Temperature Strip — CPU, memory, and per-GPU temps with mini bar charts and hardware-accurate thresholds
• OOM Kill Tracker — Status bar shows the most recent OOM kill from the last 8 hours (kernel OOM and systemd-oomd)
• Process Tables — Top 10 processes by memory (Used/Shared) and CPU usage (Core % + system-wide CPU %)
• 50 Color Themes — Press t to browse and switch themes with live preview; persists across sessions
• Gradient Bar Charts — Smooth per-block color gradients from low to high across all bars
• Responsive UI — 50ms input polling for snappy keyboard navigation

Install

curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brontoguana/ktop/master/install.sh | bash

Downloads the latest binary and installs it to /usr/local/bin (will prompt for sudo if needed). Run the same command again to upgrade.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/brontoguana/ktop.git
cd ktop/ktop-rs
cargo build --release
sudo cp target/release/ktop /usr/local/bin/

Usage

# Run with defaults (1s refresh)
ktop
Custom refresh rate
ktop -r 2
Start with a specific theme
ktop --theme "Tokyo Night"
Simulation mode (fake OOM kills, profiling to /tmp/ktop_profile.log)
ktop --sim
Show version
ktop --version

Keybindings

Key	Action
q / ESC	Quit
t	Open theme picker
Arrow keys	Navigate theme picker
Enter	Select theme

Requirements

• Linux (reads /proc and sysfs directly)
• NVIDIA GPU + drivers (optional — for NVIDIA monitoring)
• AMD GPU + amdgpu driver (optional — for AMD monitoring)
• No runtime dependencies — single static binary

License

MIT