iotop
No phone app
6.2No. 6 of 26
in Process Monitoring Software
in Process Monitoring Software
- Recognised40% of the score20
- Phone app26% of the score0
- Documented20% of the score81
- Free plan14% of the score100
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Linux
Summary
iotop is ranked #6 of 26 in process monitoring software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Linux. There is a free plan.
iotop plans and pricing
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- Free plan
- Yesgithub.com
- Supported platforms
- Linuxgithub.com
- Remote monitoring
- Nogithub.com
- Service monitoring
- Nogithub.com
- Process alerting
- Nogithub.com
- Process controls
- Yesgithub.com
- Activity logs
- Yesgithub.com
Facts
- Purpose
- iotop identifies processes that use high amounts of input/output requests on a machine and lists them by I/O usage.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The project says iotop is licensed GPL-2.0+.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Runtime requirement
- Installing and using the program requires root access.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Linux packages
- The project lists packages or installation instructions for Debian-derived distributions, Fedora, CentOS/RHEL, Void, Arch, and Alpine Linux.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Build
- The project documents building from source with make after installing development dependencies.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Options let users monitor selected process IDs or users, or show processes and threads across the machine.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Output modes
- The program supports interactive and batch modes, iteration counts, configurable delays, and timestamps in batch output.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- I/O display
- The interface can show accumulated I/O or bandwidth and can hide or show columns such as read, write, swap-in, and I/O percentage.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Filtering
- The command line supports filtering processes by TID and command using a regular expression.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Release
- The releases page lists version 1.31 as the latest release.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Release signing
- The release page says the version 1.31 tag has a verified committer signature and that the signing key has expired.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Support and community
- The project recommends filing pull requests on GitHub and says its community gathers in the #iotop channel on Libera.Chat.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
- Maintainers
- The project lists Tomas Matejicek and Boian Bonev as current maintainers.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
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Sources
- github.com/Tomas-M/iotop· checked 4 Oct 2026
- github.com/Tomas-M/iotop/releases· checked 4 Oct 2026