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mactop for Mac

Apple Silicon Monitor Top written in Go Lang

Quick answer: mactop is a design tool for macOS. Install it with brew install mactop. It is distributed under the MIT licence. It has 2,604 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What mactop is

mactop is a design tool for macOS: apple Silicon Monitor Top written in Go Lang.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/metaspartan/mactop.

How to install mactop

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install mactop.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

Prefer a graphical installer? Download it from the official site. MacPicks never hosts or mirrors binaries — the Homebrew command always pulls from the vendor's own release.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install mactop on Mac?

Run brew install mactop in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is mactop open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the MIT licence.

Does mactop run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is mactop?

It was installed 2,604 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #556 in this catalogue.

What version of mactop is current?

The latest packaged version is 2.1.6.