# abtop
**Like [btop](https://github.com/aristocratos/btop), but for your AI coding agents.**
See every Claude Code and Codex CLI session at a glance — token usage, context window %, rate limits, child processes, open ports, and more.
Claude Code and Codex CLI sessions are discovered from local process/file state, so multiple active profiles are supported across macOS, Linux, and Windows.
## Why
- Running 3+ agents across projects? See them all in one screen.
- Hitting rate limits? Watch your quota in real-time.
- Agent spawned a server and forgot to kill it? Orphan port detection.
- Context window filling up? Per-session % bars with warnings.
All read-only. No API keys. No auth.
## Install
### macOS / Linux
```bash
### Cargo
```bash
cargo install abtop
```
### Windows
Native support — no WSL required. Uses `sysinfo` for process info and `netstat -ano` for listening ports.
```powershell
Or `cargo install abtop` from any terminal with Git in PATH. Claude Code config is resolved automatically from `%USERPROFILE%\.claude`.
### Other
Pre-built binaries for all platforms are available on the [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/graykode/abtop/releases) page.
## Usage
```bash
abtop # Launch TUI
abtop --once # Print snapshot and exit
abtop --setup # Install rate limit collection hook
abtop --theme dracula # Launch with a specific theme
```
Recommended terminal size: **120x40** or larger. Minimum 80x24 — panels hide gracefully when small.
### tmux
abtop works standalone, but running inside tmux unlocks session jumping — press `Enter` to switch directly to the pane running that agent.
```bash
tmux new -s work
# pane 0: abtop
# pane 1: claude (project A)
# pane 2: claude (project B)
# → Enter on a session in abtop jumps to its pane
```
## Supported Agents
| Session Discovery | ✅ | ✅ |
| Token Tracking | ✅ | ✅ |
| Context Window % | ✅ | ✅ |
| Status Detection | ✅ | ✅ |
| Current Task | ✅ | ✅ |
| Rate Limit | ✅ | ✅ |
| Git Status | ✅ | ✅ |
| Children / Ports | ✅ | ✅ |
| Subagents | ✅ | ❌ |
| Memory Status | ✅ | ❌ |
## Themes
12 built-in themes, including 4 colorblind-friendly options (`high-contrast`, `protanopia`, `deuteranopia`, `tritanopia`). Press `t` to cycle at runtime, or launch with `--theme <name>`. Your choice is saved to `~/.config/abtop/config.toml`.
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Light themes (`light` — Solarized cream, `white` — GitHub-style pure white) for bright terminals:
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## Configuration
`~/.config/abtop/config.toml` supports:
```toml
theme = "btop"
# Hide specific agent CLIs from the TUI (case-insensitive).
# Useful if you only use one agent and want a cleaner view.
hidden_agents = ["codex"]
# UI language. Omit or leave empty to auto-detect from LANG.
language = "zh"
```
### Supported Languages
| `en` | English (default) |
| `zh` | Simplified Chinese |
When `language` is unset, abtop auto-detects from `LANG` — any value starting with `zh` switches to Simplified Chinese, otherwise English.
## Key Bindings
| `↑`/`↓` or `k`/`j` | Select session |
| `Enter` | Jump to session terminal (tmux only) |
| `x` | Kill selected session |
| `X` | Kill all orphan ports |
| `t` | Cycle theme |
| `1`–`5` | Toggle panel visibility |
| `Esc` | Open/close config page |
| `q` | Quit |
| `r` | Force refresh |
## Privacy
abtop reads local files and local process/open-file metadata only. No API keys, no auth. Tool names and file paths are shown in the UI, but file contents and prompt text are never displayed. Session summaries are generated via `claude --print`, which makes its own API call — this is the only indirect network usage.
## Acknowledgements
Huge thanks to [@tbouquet](https://github.com/tbouquet) for driving much of abtop's recent shape — themes, config overlay and panel toggles, session filtering, subagent tree view, the context window gauge with compaction detection, plus a steady stream of fixes and security hardening along the way.
## License
MIT