Linux Process Visualizer

A lightweight, efficient system monitoring tool written in Go, inspired by linux process visualizer toll htop. This tool provides real-time system metrics including CPU usage, memory usage, and process information through an intuitive terminal user interface.

the term ui for this project

Features

System Monitoring

• Real-time CPU usage monitoring
  • Total CPU utilization
  • Per-core CPU usage statistics
  • CPU frequency and temperature
  • User, system, and idle percentages

Memory Analysis

• Comprehensive memory statistics
  • Total memory available
  • Used memory
  • Free memory
  • Cached memory
  • Swap usage

Process Management

• Detailed process information
  • Process ID (PID)
  • Process name and command
  • CPU usage percentage
  • Memory consumption
  • Process state
  • Process priority
• Real-time process sorting by CPU usage
• Auto-refresh every second

Requirements

• Linux operating system
• Go 1.22 or higher

Run the project

From Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/sagoresarker/linux-process-visualizer.git

# Change to project directory
cd linux-process-visualizer

# Build the project
go build ./cmd/linux-process-visualizer

Usage

Basic Usage

./linux-process-visualizer

Keyboard Controls

• q or Ctrl+C: Exit the application
• Up/Down: Navigate through process list
• ESC: Exit process details view

Acknowledgments

• Inspired by htop and other system monitoring tools
• Built with tview for the terminal interface