# abtop
**Like [btop](https://github.com/aristocratos/btop), but for your AI coding agents.**
See every Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode session at a glance — token usage, context window %, rate limits, child processes, open ports, and more.
Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode 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 --json # Print one JSON snapshot and exit (for scripts/tools)
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 | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
OpenCode support reads the local SQLite database at `~/.local/share/opencode/opencode.db` and requires `sqlite3` in `PATH`.
## 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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## 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"]
# Additional Claude Code profile roots to scan.
# abtop also auto-discovers ~/.claude and ~/.claude-* roots that contain
# both sessions/ and projects/.
claude_config_dirs = ["~/.claude-personal", "~/.claude-work-team"]
# 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 |
## Library / JSON snapshot
abtop is also a library crate, so local tools can reuse its data-collection
layer in-process — no re-scanning, no subprocesses — and serialize the same
state the TUI renders.
```bash
abtop --json # one-shot JSON snapshot for scripts
```
For long-running consumers, build an `App`, refresh it with
`App::tick_no_summaries()` (which never spawns `claude --print`, so it doesn't
touch your Claude quota), and call `App::to_snapshot(interval_ms)` to get a
JSON-serializable [`Snapshot`]:
```rust,no_run
use abtop::app::App;
use abtop::{config, theme::Theme};
let cfg = config::load_config();
let mut app = App::new_with_config_and_claude_dirs(
Theme::default(), &cfg.hidden_agents, cfg.panels, &cfg.claude_config_dirs,
);
app.tick_no_summaries();
let json = serde_json::to_string(&app.to_snapshot(2_000)).unwrap();
```
`App` is not `Send` (it owns the collectors), so keep it on one thread and pass
the serialized JSON elsewhere. [abtop-web-ui](https://github.com/XKHoshizora/abtop-web-ui)
is a reference consumer: a local-first web dashboard built on exactly this API.
## Privacy
abtop reads local files and local process/open-file metadata only. No API keys, no auth. In the TUI and `--once` output, tool names and file paths are shown, 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.
The JSON snapshot includes richer local dashboard data, including `summary`, `chat_messages`, working directories, config roots, tool-call previews, child process commands, token counts, and port metadata. Chat text is bounded and redacted by the collectors, but it is still derived from local transcripts and may contain sensitive project context. Treat JSON snapshots as local/private data and avoid writing them to shared logs or exposing them on a network without your own access controls.
## 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