NeoHtop

A modern, cross-platform system monitor built on top of Svelte, Rust, and Tauri.

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Table of Contents

• Why NeoHtop?
• Features
• Tech Stack
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Running with Sudo
• Development
  • Setup
  • Code Formatting
  • Pull Requests
• Contributing
• License

Why NeoHtop?

Read about the back story and motivation behind NeoHtop

Features

• 🚀 Real-time process monitoring
• 💻 CPU and Memory usage tracking
• 🎨 Beautiful, modern UI with dark/light themes
• 🔍 Advanced process search and filtering
• 📌 Pin important processes
• 🛠 Process management (kill processes)
• 🎯 Sort by any column
• 🔄 Auto-refresh system stats

Search Functionality

Search for processes by name, command, or PID. Use commas to search for multiple terms simultaneously. Regular expressions are supported for advanced filtering.

Examples:

• arm, x86: Returns processes with "arm" or "x86" in the name or command
• d$: Lists daemons (processes ending with 'd')
• ^(\w+\.)+\w+$: Shows processes with reverse domain name notation (e.g., com.docker.vmnetd)

Tech Stack

• Frontend: SvelteKit, TypeScript
• Backend: Rust, Tauri
• Styling: CSS Variables for theming
• Icons: FontAwesome

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v16 or later)
• Rust (latest stable)
• Xcode Command Line Tools (for macOS)

Installation

Manual

Download the latest release from the releases page.

Package Managers

Members of the community have kindly published unofficial packages for various platforms and package managers.

Please note, these packages are community-maintained and not officially released, reviewed, or endorsed by NeoHtop. We only provide official builds through the GitHub Releases page. Since these external packages are managed by third parties, we cannot guarantee their security, integrity, or update frequency.

Please use them at your own discretion.

macOS

Using Homebrew.

brew install --cask neohtop

Arch Linux (AUR)

Using the AUR and an AUR helper.

yay -S neohtop

or

paru -S neohtop

Fedora Linux

Install the Terra repository.

dnf install neohtop

Windows

Install the Scoop repository, then make sure you have the Scoop extras bucket added:

scoop bucket add extras

Then install with:

scoop install extras/neohtop

Solus

eopkg install neohtop

Running with Sudo

Some processes require monitoring with sudo privileges. To monitor these processes, launch NeoHtop with sudo:

• macOS: sudo /Applications/NeoHtop.app/Contents/MacOS/NeoHtop
• Linux: pkexec /path/to/neohtop (recommended)

Development

Setup

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development mode
npm run tauri dev

# Build for production
npm run tauri build

Code Formatting

We use Prettier for web code and cargo fmt for Rust code.

# Format all files
npm run format

# Check formatting without making changes
npm run format:check

Pull Requests

Before submitting a PR, ensure:

1. All code is formatted (npm run format)
2. The format check passes (npm run format:check)
3. Your commits follow the project's commit message conventions

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our contributing guidelines for more information.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.