Lutop

Introduction

Welcome to lutop (Lightweight System Monitor), a terminal-based system monitoring application inspired by Unix top command and designed using Python and curses library.

Table of Contents

1. Installation
2. Usage
3. Key Features

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.6 or above
• pip (Python package installer)
• curses (Python standard library for terminal handling)

Install lutop

Install using pip manager:

   pip install lutop

Usage

To start lutop, simply run the following command in your terminal:

lutop

Key Commands

• Quit: Press Ctrl + D to quit the application.
• Refresh: Data is automatically refreshed every second.
• Display Information
• CPU Usage: Displays usage of each CPU core with a progress bar.
• Memory Usage: Shows total, used, and free memory with a progress bar.
• Swap Usage: Shows total, used, and free swap memory with a progress bar.
• Top Processes: Displays top processes by memory usage.

Key Features

• Real-time updates of system information.
• Color-coded progress bars for CPU and memory usage.
• Supports terminal resizing for dynamic layout adjustment.