xmtop/cmd/gotop/description.txt

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gotop shows system information in a terminal UI. It can be configured to have
different layouts, color schemes, and widgets, and it is able to show
information from other computers.
Anything you change on the command line can be written to a config file
using the `--write-config` argument, which can then be edited further.
Just get your arguments the way you like, then run gotop again with the same
arguments and the `--write-config` flag, and gotop will persist your
options.
Colorschemes are json files; put them in the config directory (usually
~/.config/gotop/{name}.json) and load them with the `-c {name}` argument.
The keys are:
Fg -- int, foreground color
Bg -- int, background color
BorderLabel -- int, color of widget text
BorderLine -- int, color of borders
CPULines -- array of ints for the colors of lines
BattLines -- array of ints for the colors of lines
MemLines -- array of ints for the colors of lines
ProcCursor -- int, color of the cursor in the process widget
Sparklines -- array of ints for the colors of network usage
DiskBar -- int, color of the disk bars
TempLow -- int, color used for low temperatures
TempHigh -- int, color used for high temperatures
For example:
{ "Fg": 7, "CPULines": [4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 6, 7, 8] }
Colorschemes are referred to by their name minus the .json suffix. More
examples are here:
https://github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop/tree/master/colorschemes
Layout files are plain text files, with widget names on rows roughly representing
a grid. The format is ROWSPAN:WIDGETNAME/COLSPAN. COLSPAN is relative to the
rest of the line, so a line saying "cpu mem/3" will give the CPU widget 25% of
the width, and the memory widget 75% of the width. ROWSPAN is the height of
the widget, so "2:cpu mem" will make the CPU widget 2 rows high, and the memory
widget 1 row high. An example is:
2:cpu
disk/1 2:mem/2
temp
2:net 2:procs
Save your layout under any file name either in the config directory or your current
directory and reference the file name with the `-l` argument. More details about
the rules are here:
https://github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop/blob/master/docs/layouts.md
and examples are here:
https://github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop/tree/master/layouts
gotop can function as both a metrics exporter and viewer. As an exporter, it
exports Prometheus metrics, and it does not handle either encryption or
authentication, and so should be run behind a reverse proxy. When gotop is run
with the `-x` argument, gotop will export metrics on the given port. To try it,
run
gotop -x :8884
and then from another shell, run:
curl http://localhost:8884/metrics
To show these metrics in gotop, instead of curl run:
gotop --remote-url http://localhost:8884/metrics
You will see additional values in your widgets. To monitor remote machines,
run gotop on them with the `-x` export flag behind a reverse proxy such as
Caddy:
myserver.net {
basicauth / gtuser gtpass
reverse-proxy /metrics http://localhost:8884
}
and then on your local gotop:
gotop --remote-url https://gtuser:gtpass@myserver.net/metrics
Config files, layouts, and color schemes are searched for (in order):
- In the current directory
- In $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/gotop
- In /etc/gotop (on Linux and MacOS)
More information and detailed documentation can found at
https://github.com/xxxserxxx/gotop`