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.

Brew

brew install --cask 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.