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      a modern, real-time system monitoring tool for Linux that provides a visually appealing and interactive interface to monitor system resources such as CPU usage, memory consumption, disk activity, network bandwidth, and running processes.
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# btop

## Overview

[btop](https://github.com/aristocratos/btop) is a modern, real-time system monitoring tool for Linux that provides a visually appealing and interactive interface to monitor system resources such as CPU usage, memory consumption, disk activity, network bandwidth, and running processes.

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## Deployment

```shell
sb install btop
```

## Usage

```shell
btop
```