HTOP Replica in C++ for Unix Systems

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Git Repo

Basically a system monitor in C++ for Linux, like HTOP. I used nCurses, Parser and a few extra external libraries to get this running, you should already have these in your system.

ncurses

ncurses is a library that facilitates text-based graphical output in the terminal. This project relies on ncurses for display output.

Install ncurses within your own Linux environment: sudo apt install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

Make

This project uses Make. The Makefile has four targets:

  • build compiles the source code and generates an executable
  • format applies ClangFormat to style the source code
  • debug compiles the source code and generates an executable, including debugging symbols
  • clean deletes the build/ directory, including all of the build artifacts

Build Instructions

  1. Clone the project repository: git clone https://github.com/abhinavmir/htop-cpp and cd htop-cpp

  2. Build the project: make build

  3. Run the resulting executable: ./build/monitor

  4. Add binaries to path if you want, and then you can access via monitor

[From the Udacity’s C++ Nanodegree]