Alfred atop

System monitoring and process management via Alfred.

Features

• Process management: CPU usage, memory usage, parent processes, and child processes.
• Bluetooth: device connection status and battery information (if available)
• Network connections
• Removable volumes
• Uptime & reboots
• Speed-test of internet connection
• DNS switching
• All features are live refreshing.

Installation

➡️ Download the latest release.

Usage

List all available tools via atop and select one. Alternatively, you can also directly access the more frequently used tools via a configurable keyword.

Process management

Display processes directly via top. Append "parent" to the query to display only processes that have child processes. - ⏎: Kill the process. - ⌘⏎: Force-kill the process. - ⌃⏎: Kill all processes with the same name. - ⌘⌃⏎: Force-kill all processes with the same name. - ⇧⏎: If the process belongs to a regular app, restart the app. - fn⏎: Toggle between sorting processes by memory or CPU. - ⌘C: Copy the process identifier (PID). - ⌥⏎: Copy the process path.

Meaning of the icons - ⭕: process is owned by root. - n⇣: process is a parent of n child processes. - ↖ foobar: process is a child of foobar.

Bluetooth devices

Display paired Bluetooth devices directly via blue. - ⏎: Connect/Disconnect the selected device. - ⌥⏎: Copy the device address.

Removable volumes

Display mounted volumes directly via vol. - ⏎: Open the Volume in Finder. - ⌘⏎: Browse the Volume in the Terminal, using the Terminal app you have configured in your Alfred preferences. - ⌃⏎: Eject the Volume.

DNS switching

About the developer

In my day job, I am a sociologist studying the social mechanisms underlying the digital economy. For my PhD project, I investigate the governance of the app economy and how software ecosystems manage the tension between innovation and compatibility. If you are interested in this subject, feel free to get in touch.

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