#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Description: Displays top system processes with color. # Usage: python3 color-top.py # Author: Justin Oros # Source: https://github.com/JustinOros import os import time import psutil import sys import select import argparse import tty import termios import shutil first_run = True def supports_color(): if not sys.stdout.isatty(): return False term = os.environ.get('TERM', '') if 'color' in term.lower(): return True if os.name == 'nt': return True return False def clear_screen(): global first_run if first_run: os.system('cls' if os.name == 'nt' else 'clear') first_run = False else: print("\033[H", end='') def get_top_processes(limit): for proc in psutil.process_iter(['pid']): try: proc.cpu_percent(interval=None) except (psutil.NoSuchProcess, psutil.AccessDenied, psutil.ZombieProcess): continue time.sleep(0.1) processes = [] for proc in psutil.process_iter(['cpu_percent', 'name', 'username']): try: cpu = proc.info['cpu_percent'] if cpu is not None: processes.append((cpu, proc.info['name'], proc.info['username'])) except (psutil.NoSuchProcess, psutil.AccessDenied, psutil.ZombieProcess): continue processes.sort(reverse=True, key=lambda p: p[0]) return processes[:limit] def colorize(cpu, name, user, use_color, line_number=None, width=0): name_limit = 35 if len(name) > name_limit: display_name = name[:name_limit - 3] + "..." else: display_name = name if not use_color: prefix = f"{line_number:0{width}d}: " if line_number is not None else "" return f"{prefix}{cpu:6.2f}% {display_name:<35} {user[:15]:<15}" BG_GREEN = "\033[42m" BG_YELLOW = "\033[43m" BG_ORANGE = "\033[48;5;214m" BG_RED = "\033[41m" BLACK_TEXT = "\033[30m" RESET = "\033[0m" if cpu <= 25: bg_color = BG_GREEN elif cpu <= 50: bg_color = BG_YELLOW elif cpu <= 75: bg_color = BG_ORANGE else: bg_color = BG_RED prefix = f"{line_number:0{width}d}: " if line_number is not None else "" line = f"{bg_color}{BLACK_TEXT}{prefix}{cpu:6.2f}% {display_name:<35} {user[:15]:<15}{RESET}" return line def print_processes(limit, show_quit_hint=True, use_color=True, show_line_numbers=False): clear_screen() top_processes = get_top_processes(limit) GREEN = "\033[32m" if use_color else "" RESET = "\033[0m" if use_color else "" term_width = shutil.get_terminal_size((80, 20)).columns line_prefix = "Ln " if show_line_numbers else "" cpu_col = " CPU" name_col = " Process" user_col = " User" header = f"{line_prefix}{cpu_col:<6} {name_col:<35} {user_col:<15}" separator = '-' * (len(header) + 1) print(f"{GREEN}{header.ljust(term_width)}{RESET}") print(f"{GREEN}{separator.ljust(term_width)}{RESET}") width = len(str(limit)) for i, (cpu, name, user) in enumerate(top_processes, start=1): if show_line_numbers: line = colorize(cpu, name, user, use_color, line_number=i, width=width) else: line = colorize(cpu, name, user, use_color) print(line.ljust(term_width)) print(f"{GREEN}{separator.ljust(term_width)}{RESET}") if show_quit_hint: print(f"\n{GREEN}{'Press \'q\' to quit.'.ljust(term_width)}{RESET}") def wait_for_keypress(timeout=1.0): fd = sys.stdin.fileno() old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(fd) try: tty.setcbreak(fd) if select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], timeout)[0]: return sys.stdin.read(1) finally: termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings) return None class SortedHelpFormatter(argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter): def add_arguments(self, actions): actions = sorted(actions, key=lambda a: a.option_strings) super().add_arguments(actions) def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Monitor system processes by CPU usage.", formatter_class=SortedHelpFormatter ) parser.add_argument("-i", "--interval", type=int, default=1, help="Refresh interval in seconds.") parser.add_argument("-l", "--line", action="store_true", help="Show line numbers.") parser.add_argument("-n", "--number", type=int, default=10, help="Number of processes to monitor.") parser.add_argument("--no-color", action="store_true", help="Disable colored output.") args = parser.parse_args() limit = args.number interval = max(1, args.interval) use_color = not args.no_color and supports_color() show_lines = args.line refresh_count = 0 start_time = time.time() try: while True: refresh_count += 1 elapsed = time.time() - start_time show_quit = refresh_count < 3 and elapsed < 3 print_processes(limit, show_quit_hint=show_quit, use_color=use_color, show_line_numbers=show_lines) key = wait_for_keypress(timeout=interval) if key and key.lower() == 'q': break except KeyboardInterrupt: print("\nProgram interrupted. Exiting...") if __name__ == "__main__": main()