██████╗ ███████╗████████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗
██╔══██╗██╔════╝╚══██╔══╝██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗
██████╔╝███████╗ ██║ ██║ ██║██████╔╝
██╔═══╝ ╚════██║ ██║ ██║ ██║██╔═══╝
██║ ███████║ ██║ ╚██████╔╝██║
╚═╝ ╚══════╝ ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝
The htop alternative for Windows PowerShell.
Beautiful, fast, real-time system monitor for Windows. Built in Rust.
Install •
Features •
Keys •
Themes •
Config •
License
Why pstop?
If you’ve ever missed htop on Windows, your search is over. pstop brings the full htop experience to Windows PowerShell. No WSL, no Cygwin, no compromises.
|
pstop |
Task Manager |
Get-Process |
| Real-time CPU per-core bars |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
| Memory / Swap / Network bars |
✅ |
Partial |
❌ |
| GPU utilization & VRAM bars |
✅ |
Basic |
❌ |
| Tree view (process hierarchy) |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
| Search & filter processes |
✅ |
Basic |
❌ |
| Kill / change priority |
✅ |
✅ |
Manual |
| Mouse support |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
| 23 color schemes |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
| Keyboard-driven |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
| Runs in terminal |
✅ |
❌ |
✅ |
| ~1 MB binary, zero dependencies |
✅ |
N/A |
N/A |
Installation
WinGet (Recommended)
winget install marlocarlo.pstop
Chocolatey
choco install pstop
cargo install pstop
Don’t have Rust/Cargo? Install it in seconds: https://rustup.rs
From GitHub Releases
Download the latest .zip from GitHub Releases, extract, and add to your PATH.
From Source
cargo install --git https://github.com/psmux/pstop
Build Locally
git clone https://github.com/psmux/pstop.git
cd pstop
cargo build --release
# Binary at: target/release/pstop.exe + target/release/htop.exe
All methods install both pstop and htop commands. Yes, you can just type htop on Windows.
Add htop Alias (Optional)
If you only installed pstop and want the htop alias in your PowerShell profile:
pstop --install-alias
This adds Set-Alias htop pstop to your $PROFILE automatically.
Features
🖥️ Per-Core CPU Monitoring
Real-time CPU usage bars for every logical core, color-coded by usage type (user / system / virtual), exactly like htop. CPU columns auto-adjust based on core count (2/4/8/16 columns) and terminal size — just like htop’s calcColumnWidthCount.
📊 Memory, Swap, Network & GPU Bars
- Mem bar: shows used (green), buffers (blue), cached (yellow)
- Swap bar: swap usage with color threshold
- Net bar: live RX/TX throughput in the header
- GPU bar: overall GPU utilization percentage (shown on GPU tab, or on any tab when added via F2)
- VMem bar: dedicated video memory usage (shown on GPU tab, or on any tab when added via F2)
🌳 Tree View
Press F5 or t to toggle process tree view — see parent-child relationships with ├─ / └─ tree connectors, collapsible nodes with +/-.
🔍 Search & Filter
- F3 - Incremental search: jumps to matching process
- F4 - Filter: hides all non-matching processes in real-time
📋 Five Tab Views
- Main - Full process table (PID, USER, CPU%, MEM%, TIME+, Command…)
- I/O - Disk read/write rates per process
- Net - Per-process network bandwidth (live download/upload rates with auto-scaling B/s, KB/s, MB/s, GB/s) plus active connection counts. No admin required.
- GPU - Per-process GPU engine utilization and dedicated/shared video memory usage via PDH performance counters
- WSL - Linux processes inside every running WSL/WSL2 distribution: distro, PID, user, state, CPU%, MEM%, RES, threads, TIME+ and full command line. Sampled on a background thread by reading
/proc inside the distro (works with Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Alpine, Docker Desktop, …). F9 sends the chosen Linux signal to the selected process.
Press F2 to open the setup menu with 4 categories:
- Meters - Configure header layout (CPU, Memory, Swap, Network, Tasks, Load, Uptime)
- Display Options - 15 toggleable settings (tree view, highlight basename, shadow other users, show threads, detailed CPU time, vim keys, and more)
- Colors - Choose from 23 built-in color schemes with live preview
- Columns - Add/remove/reorder visible columns
🎨 23 Color Schemes
Switch instantly in F2 > Colors. Choose from built-in htop schemes plus all 16 Windows Terminal color schemes:
Original htop Schemes:
- Default - Classic htop green/cyan on black
- Monochrome - Pure white on black
- Black Night - Muted tones for dark terminals
- Light Terminal - Optimized for light backgrounds
- Midnight Commander - Blue background, MC-inspired
- Black on White - Clean light theme
- Dark Vivid - High-contrast neon colors
Windows Terminal Built-in Schemes:
8. CGA - Classic color graphics adapter palette
9. Campbell - Windows Terminal default scheme
10. Campbell Powershell - Campbell on the classic PowerShell blue
11. Dark+ - VS Code classic dark theme
12. Dimidium - Warm muted tones
13. IBM 5153 - Retro IBM terminal colors
14. One Half Dark - Atom One Half Dark theme
15. One Half Light - Atom One Half Light theme
16. Ottosson - Perceptually balanced palette by Björn Ottosson
17. Solarized Dark - Solarized dark mode
18. Solarized Light - Solarized light mode
19. Tango Dark - Tango desktop environment dark
20. Tango Light - Tango desktop environment light
21. Vintage - Classic terminal colors
22. VSCode Dark Modern - VS Code modern dark theme
23. VSCode Light Modern - VS Code modern light theme
🖱️ Full Mouse Support
- Click anywhere in the process table to select
- Click column headers to sort
- Click F-key bar buttons
- Click tabs to switch views
- Scroll wheel for navigation
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Familiar htop keybindings — zero learning curve if you know htop.
💾 Persistent Configuration
All settings auto-save to %APPDATA%/pstop/pstoprc and restore on next launch. Your color scheme, display options, column choices, sort preference… everything persists.
- ~1 MB single binary (release build with LTO + strip)
- 50ms event polling for instant keyboard response
- Configurable refresh rate (200ms–10s)
- Native Win32 API calls for I/O counters, process priority, CPU affinity
- Zero runtime dependencies
Keybindings
| Key |
Action |
F1 / ? |
Help screen |
F2 |
Setup menu (meters, display, colors, columns) |
F3 / / |
Search processes |
F4 / \ |
Filter processes |
F5 / t |
Toggle tree view |
F6 / > |
Sort by column |
F7 / F8 |
Decrease / Increase process priority (nice) |
F9 / k |
Kill process |
F10 / q |
Quit |
Tab |
Switch between Main / I/O / Net / GPU / WSL views |
Space |
Tag process |
c |
Tag process and children |
U |
Untag all |
u |
Filter by user |
p |
Toggle full command path / process name |
H |
Toggle show threads |
K |
Toggle hide kernel threads |
+ / - |
Expand / collapse tree node |
e |
Show process environment |
l |
List open handles (lsof equivalent) |
a |
Set CPU affinity (arrow keys/hjkl move, Space toggles, a all, i invert, mouse click toggles) |
I |
Invert sort order |
| Arrow keys |
Navigate |
PgUp / PgDn |
Page through process list |
Home / End |
Jump to first / last process |
Vim Mode (opt-in)
Enable via F2 > Display Options > Vim-style keys, or set vim_keys=1 in your config file. Off by default.
| Key |
Vim Mode Action |
Replaces |
j |
Move down |
(new — default mode has no bare j) |
k |
Move up |
k = kill in default mode |
g |
Jump to first process |
Home |
G |
Jump to last process |
End |
Ctrl+d |
Half page down |
(new) |
Ctrl+u |
Half page up |
(new) |
x |
Kill process |
k / F9 |
/ |
Search |
(unchanged, works in both modes) |
? |
Help |
(unchanged, works in both modes) |
What changes in vim mode:
k becomes move up instead of kill — use x or F9 to killh no longer opens help — use ? or F1 insteadj/k work as bare keys (no Alt modifier needed)- All other keys (
F1–F10, Space, u, t, e, l, a, etc.) remain unchanged
What stays the same:
- Arrow keys, PgUp/PgDn, Home/End still work
- All F-key shortcuts (
F1–F10) still work
/ for search, \ for filterq to quit, Ctrl+C to quit- All sorting keys (
P, M, T, N, I, <, >)
- Tree view (
t/F5), tags (Space/c/U), user filter (u)
Color Schemes
All 23 schemes affect every UI element: header bars, process table, footer, tabs, popups. Each scheme provides a cohesive color palette optimized for readability and visual hierarchy.
The original 7 htop schemes remain the core collection, with 16 Windows Terminal schemes added for users who want consistency across terminal applications.
Quick Reference:
- Need dark mode? Try Default, Dark+, One Half Dark, or Solarized Dark
- Need light mode? Try Light Terminal, One Half Light, Solarized Light, or VSCode Light Modern
- Retro vibes? Try CGA, IBM 5153, Campbell, or Vintage
- High contrast? Try Dark Vivid, Monochrome, or VSCode Dark Modern
Change schemes live: F2 > Colors > select > Enter. Preview updates in real-time.
Configuration
Settings are saved automatically to:
%APPDATA%\pstop\pstoprc
Format: simple key=value (htoprc-style). Persisted settings include:
- Color scheme
- All 15 display options (including vim keys mode)
- Visible columns
- Sort field & direction
- Update interval
- Tree view state
To enable vim keys from the config file directly:
vim_keys=1
System Requirements
- OS: Windows 10 / 11 (x86_64)
- Terminal: Windows Terminal, PowerShell, cmd.exe, or any terminal with ANSI support
- Build: Rust 1.70+ (for building from source)
Roadmap
Contributing
Contributions welcome! This is a Rust project using:
- ratatui 0.30 - TUI framework
- crossterm 0.29 - Terminal backend
- sysinfo 0.38 - System information
- windows 0.62 - Native Win32 APIs
git clone https://github.com/psmux/pstop.git
cd pstop
cargo run
License
MIT - use it, fork it, ship it.
Stop opening Task Manager. Type pstop or its aliases.
评论