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htop

Summary

htop is a system monitor[1]. htop draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (system_monitor category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • htop's instance of is recorded as system monitor[3].
  • htop's instance of is recorded as application software[4].
  • htop's instance of is recorded as free software[5].
  • htop's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[6].
  • htop's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[7].
  • htop's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[8].
  • htop's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[9].
  • htop's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[10].
  • htop's operating system is recorded as OpenBSD[11].
  • htop's operating system is recorded as macOS[12].
  • htop's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[13].
  • htop's operating system is recorded as Q34225[14].
  • htop's operating system is recorded as DragonFly BSD[15].
  • htop's operating system is recorded as Solaris[16].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.3[17].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0[18].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 2.0.2[19].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 2.1.0[20].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.0beta1[21].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.0beta3[22].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 2.2.0[23].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.0beta4[24].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.1[25].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.2[26].
  • htop's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.3[27].

Body

Publication

htop's language of work or name is recorded as English[28].

Why It Matters

htop draws 109 Wikipedia views per month (system_monitor category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] htop has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Related Entities

application DragonFly BSD FreeBSD free software macOS OpenBSD Unix-like operating system

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . hisham.hm. Retrieved . hisham.hm. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . hisham.hm. Retrieved . hisham.hm. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . hisham.hm. Retrieved . hisham.hm. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . hisham.hm. Retrieved . hisham.hm. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . hisham.hm. Retrieved . hisham.hm. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'pl', 'pt', 'r
    P14655 → htop
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14655]]: htop, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/300147848|htop (#300147848)]] for {{P|14655}}"
  2. 8d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Alpine linux package → htop
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9045]]: htop, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324926817|htop (#324926817)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mix'n'"
  3. 6w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.0.3, 2.0, 2.0.2 +39
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/cc7571878cf9|details]])"
  4. 11w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.0.3, 2.0, 2.0.2 +39
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/5cdb5632385|details]])"
  5. 11w ago · Savantup · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Stack exchange tag → https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/htop
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1482]]: https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/htop"
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