Alternatives to bpftop
Other tools in this directory that do similar work, with a verified install command for each. bpftop itself: install bpftop.
Textream
Textream is a free macOS teleprompter app for streamers, interviewers, and presenters. It highlights your script in real-time as you speak, displayed
zsh-autocomplete
🤖 Real-time type-ahead completion for Zsh. Asynchronous find-as-you-type autocompletion
ali
Generate HTTP load and plot the results in real-time
kubespy
Tools for observing Kubernetes resources in real time, powered by Pulumi
nbping
🏎 Nping mean NB Ping, A Ping Tool in Rust with Real-Time Data and Visualizations
httm
Interactive, file-level Time Machine-like tool for ZFS/btrfs/nilfs2 (and even Time Machine and Restic backups!)
ttl
Fast, modern traceroute with real-time TUI, per-hop stats, ASN/geo lookup, ECMP detection, and MPLS label parsing. A better mtr
node
Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨
deno
A modern runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
restic
Fast, secure, efficient backup program
BitBar
Put the output from any script or program into your macOS Menu Bar (the BitBar reboot)
py-spy
Sampling profiler for Python programs
ncc
Compile a Node.js project into a single file. Supports TypeScript, binary addons, dynamic requires
async-profiler
Sampling CPU and HEAP profiler for Java featuring AsyncGetCallTrace + perf_events
WhatCable
macOS menu bar app that tells you, in plain English, what each USB-C cable plugged into your Mac can actually do
macintosh.js
🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry
rtl_433
Program to decode radio transmissions from devices on the ISM bands (and other frequencies)
Dayflow
The automatic work journal/time tracker. Privately turns your screen into a timeline of what you actually accomplished. Open-source and local-first
gops
A tool to list and diagnose Go processes currently running on your system
recon-ng
Open Source Intelligence gathering tool aimed at reducing the time spent harvesting information from open sources
highway
Performance-portable, length-agnostic SIMD with runtime dispatch
dockerize
Utility to simplify running applications in docker containers
patchelf
A small utility to modify the dynamic linker and RPATH of ELF executables
rure
An implementation of regular expressions for Rust. This implementation uses finite automata and guarantees linear time matching on all inputs
How we picked these
We match on what the tool does and how it installs, then order by how widely each project is used. We're not saying these are better or worse than bpftop — that depends on what you're building. We're saying they're the projects people reach for in the same situations, and each one has an install command we checked against its documentation.
bpftop is developed by its own authors and this page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by any project listed, and nothing here is a paid placement.