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btop

btop is a resource monitor showing CPU, memory, disk, network, and processes with braille-character graphs.

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btop showing system resources

Config lives at ~/.config/btop/btop.conf.

SettingValue
Color themeFollows system theme
Vim keysEnabled
Graph symbolsBraille
BoxesCPU, memory, network, processes
CPU tempEnabled (Celsius)
Disk I/OEnabled
Process sortingBy CPU usage
ShortcutAction
Super + Ctrl + TOpen btop (Hyprland binding)

Btop also opens when you click the CPU or memory modules in Waybar.

Standard Vim navigation (h/j/k/l) plus btop-specific keys for filtering and sorting processes.

Edit ~/.config/btop/btop.conf. Theme integration means colors follow your active omfreebdy theme.