가이드/htop for Mac
htop for Mac: how to install it, and the 5 best alternatives
간단한 답
htop runs on a Mac. Install Homebrew from brew.sh, run brew install htop, then type htop. The built-in top needs no install: top -o cpu sorts by CPU. btop is the better-looking terminal monitor, with graphs, GPU and temperature. If the question is which app is busy, not which process, Vitals, a system monitor for the Mac, shows about 60 apps in place of 1,000 processes, each with its helpers counted in, and keeps 30 days of history, or up to a year.
How to install htop on a Mac
- 01 Open Terminal: press ⌘Space, type Terminal and press Return.
- 02 If you do not have Homebrew, install it with the one line on brew.sh.
- 03 Run
brew install htop. - 04 Type
htopand press Return. Press F6 to choose the sort column, F5 for the tree, F3 to search, F9 to end a process and Q to leave.
If figures for some system processes are missing, run sudo htop. With nothing installed, top -o cpu lists processes by CPU and top -o mem by memory; press Q to leave.
htop is a process list for the terminal: every process on its own row, sorted live, with the keyboard doing the work. On a Mac it shows the same thousand processes Activity Monitor does, so a browser is still dozens of rows. The tools below are the ones worth knowing besides it. Four live in the terminal, and one answers the question htop cannot: which app do all these processes belong to? Each is labeled with the job it does best.
| # | 앱 | 추천 대상 | 가격 | 실행 환경 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitals 종합 1위 | Apps instead of processes, in a window, with history | 출시 기간 1회 $9 | 윈도우와 메뉴 막대 |
| 2 | btop | The best-looking monitor in the terminal | 무료(Apache 2.0) | 터미널 |
| 3 | Glances | Watching a Mac from a browser or another machine | 무료(LGPLv3) | The terminal, or a web page |
| 4 | bottom | Graphs over time, in a layout you arrange | 무료(MIT) | 터미널 |
| 5 | mactop | Apple silicon power, GPU and every sensor | 무료(MIT) | The terminal, with a menu bar mode |
- 01
Vitals
추천 대상: Apps instead of processes, in a window, with history
- 가격
- 출시 기간 1회 $9, 이후 $39
- 실행 환경
- 윈도우와 메뉴 막대
htop answers which process. Vitals answers which app. It adds every helper process to the app that launched it, so a Mac with 1,000 processes shows about 60 apps, each with one figure for memory, CPU, energy, disk and network. Open an app and its processes are there, each with its PID, CPU and memory, and any of them can be quit or force quit after a confirmation. It keeps 30 days of history for every app, or up to a year, tells you when an app keeps the CPU busy or keeps growing in memory, and lists dev servers with the ports they hold. It is a window and a menu bar item, not a terminal tool, but Claude Code, Codex and Cursor can ask it what is running through its MCP server.
장점
- 앱마다 한 행, 수치 하나. 도우미 프로세스 포함
- Open an app to see each process, with its PID
- History for every app: 30 days, or up to a year
- 앱 이상 동작 알림
- Dev servers and the ports they hold, by project
- An MCP server, so an assistant in your terminal can ask it
알아 두면 좋은 점
- Not a terminal tool: it does not run over SSH
- No parent and child process tree
- Paid, where every terminal tool here is free
- 02
btop
개발: aristocratos(오픈 소스)추천 대상: The best-looking monitor in the terminal
- 가격
- 무료(Apache 2.0),
brew install btop - 실행 환경
- 터미널
프로세스 트리, 필터링과 정렬, kill과 renice, 네트워크·디스크 그래프, CPU 온도와 배터리를 갖춘 전체 화면 터미널 모니터로, 버전 1.4.7부터는 Apple silicon GPU 수치도 보여 줍니다. 평소 터미널에서 일한다면 무엇이 실행 중인지 가장 보기 좋게 확인하는 방법입니다.
장점
- 무료, 빠름, 키보드로 조작
- 목록에서 바로 kill과 renice
아쉬운 점
- 세션이 끝나면 기록 없음, 알림 없음
- 앱이 아닌 프로세스 단위
- 03
Glances
개발: nicolargo(오픈 소스)추천 대상: Watching a Mac from a browser or another machine
- 가격
- 무료(LGPLv3),
brew install glances - 실행 환경
- The terminal, or a web page
Glances fits CPU, memory, load, disks, network, sensors, containers and the process list on one terminal screen, and does what the others here do not: it can serve the same figures as a web page and a REST API, so you can watch one Mac from another, export them to CSV or a time-series database, and answer AI assistants through its own MCP server. Version 4.5.8, released on 2026년 10월 11일.
장점
- A web page and REST API for watching from another machine
- Exports to CSV and time-series databases
- Its own MCP server
- 무료 오픈 소스
아쉬운 점
- Installed with pip, the web page, sensors and GPU are optional extras
- 앱이 아닌 프로세스 단위
- 04
bottom
개발: ClementTsang(오픈 소스)추천 대상: Graphs over time, in a layout you arrange
- 가격
- 무료(MIT),
brew install bottom - 실행 환경
- 터미널
bottom draws CPU, memory, network, temperature and disk activity as graphs over time, beside tables for disks, temperature sensors and the battery. Its process list sorts and searches, has a tree mode and can send a kill signal, and any one widget can be expanded to fill the screen. The layout is yours to arrange in a config file. It runs on Intel and Apple silicon Macs. Version 0.14.9, released in 2026년 8월.
장점
- Graphs over time for CPU, memory, network, temperature and disk
- A layout you arrange yourself
- Search, tree mode and kill in the process list
- 무료 오픈 소스
아쉬운 점
- 세션이 끝나면 기록 없음, 알림 없음
- 앱이 아닌 프로세스 단위
- 05
mactop
개발: Carsen Klock(오픈 소스)추천 대상: Apple silicon power, GPU and every sensor
- 가격
- 무료(MIT),
brew install mactop - 실행 환경
- The terminal, with a menu bar mode
mactop is written for Apple silicon and nothing else. It shows efficiency and performance cores apart, GPU use and frequency, the power drawn by the CPU, GPU and Neural Engine in watts, the thermal state, fan speeds, and every temperature sensor the Mac reports, without needing sudo. Its process list filters by name and can kill a process after a confirmation, and it can also run as a menu bar item. Version 2.1.6, released on 2026년 9월 30일.
장점
- Every temperature sensor the Mac reports, with readable names
- Power in watts for the CPU, GPU and Neural Engine
- No sudo needed
- 무료 오픈 소스
아쉬운 점
- Apple silicon only
- 세션이 끝나면 기록 없음, 알림 없음
- 앱이 아닌 프로세스 단위
한 가지 일을 잘하는 도구
These are not process lists, so they are not ranked against the tools above. Each is the best pick for its one job.
온도와 팬 제어
M5 Max까지의 Apple silicon에서 코어별 온도, 규칙 기반 팬 제어, 이메일 알림을 제공합니다. 프로세스 목록은 없습니다.
어떤 앱이 어떤 서버와 통신하는지
네트워크 모니터가 앱별 트래픽을 모든 연결, 포트, 도메인과 함께 최대 12개월간 보관하고, 클릭 한 번으로 차단합니다. 네트워크 전용입니다.
CPU를 독차지하는 앱을 자동으로 늦추기
CPU를 너무 많이 쓰는 백그라운드 앱을 느리게 하거나 일시 정지합니다. 웹사이트에는 macOS 26.5까지 지원한다고 나와 있습니다.
When htop or top is enough
If you are logged into a server, or you want to end one runaway process and get back to work, htop is the right tool, and top is already there when you cannot install anything. Both are free and start in a second.
They fall short when the question is about the whole app or about earlier. A browser is dozens of rows that you add up in your head, nothing is kept once you close the terminal, and nothing tells you when a process starts misbehaving while you are looking elsewhere. What the columns and process names mean is in the Activity Monitor glossary.
확인 방법
모든 가격과 기능은 2026년 10월 12일에 각 개발사 웹사이트에서 직접 확인했습니다. 가격 페이지, 제품 페이지 또는 App Store 목록을 보았고, 오픈 소스 도구는 GitHub의 README와 릴리스 기록을 확인했습니다. 개발사가 어떤 기능의 지원 여부를 밝히지 않은 경우에는 있다고도 없다고도 쓰지 않았습니다. 가격은 바뀔 수 있으니 구입 전에 개발사 웹사이트를 확인하세요.
Vitals is first because it answers the question most people on a Mac open htop with, which app is doing this, and keeps the answer for 30 days or more. If you want to stay in the terminal, btop is the pick, and the entry says so. Every other tool is ranked for how well it replaces htop on a Mac, and where one does a job better, the entry says so. If something here is out of date, email us and we will fix it.
자주 묻는 질문
Does htop work on a Mac?
Yes. Install it with Homebrew: brew install htop, then type htop in Terminal. It runs on Intel and Apple silicon Macs.
What is the Mac equivalent of htop?
Built in, it is top in Terminal and Activity Monitor as an app. top -o cpu sorts by CPU. htop itself also runs on a Mac once installed with Homebrew.
Is btop better than htop on a Mac?
For looking at a Mac, usually. btop adds graphs for network and disk, CPU temperature, battery and Apple silicon GPU figures. htop is plainer and is on almost every Unix machine, which is the reason to know it.
Does htop show GPU or temperature on a Mac?
No. btop shows CPU temperature and Apple silicon GPU use. mactop shows every temperature sensor and the power drawn by the CPU, GPU and Neural Engine, on Apple silicon only.
Is there an app like htop for Mac with a window?
Vitals. It lists apps instead of processes, with each app's helpers counted in, and opens an app to show its processes with their PIDs. It keeps 30 days of history, or up to a year, and sits in the menu bar.