# Install ctop with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper

Top-like interface for container metrics. Version 0.7.7 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ctop
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ctop
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install ctop
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/ctop/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add ctop
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ctop from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ctop
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ct/ctop/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S ctop
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: ctop from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install ctop
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ctop from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/ctop
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ctop.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ctop
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ctop>
- **Version:** 0.7.7
- **Source summary:** Top-like interface for container metrics
- **Homepage:** <https://bcicen.github.io/ctop/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bcicen/ctop>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://bcicen.github.io/ctop>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/bcicen/ctop.git>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-09T07:20:21+00:00

## Executables

- ctop (cli)
- ctop (alias)

## Build dependencies

- go

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-09
- Package-manager version: 0.7.7
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/bcicen/ctop
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.
## Project history and usage

ctop is a top-like terminal interface for container metrics. It gives a concise, real-time overview of multiple containers and a single-container inspection view.

### Project history

The project appeared publicly as a GitHub-released Go terminal utility in 2017, moving quickly through early 0.x releases. Its README has long described built-in Docker and runC support, with other container and cluster connectors planned.

GitHub release metadata records v0.7.7 in March 2022, while the README advertises direct binary releases and package-manager installs.

### Adoption history

Official installation documentation lists downloadable binaries, Arch packaging, Homebrew, MacPorts, Scoop, and a Docker image. That breadth made ctop easy to try across developer laptops, servers, and container hosts.

### How it is used

ctop starts without arguments and reads Docker host variables by default. Users commonly use it to sort, filter, inspect logs, open a single-container view, exec a shell, and save filters or display preferences to the default config path.

### Why package nerds care

ctop is a compact example of the post-Docker wave of single-binary terminal monitoring tools: package managers distribute one executable, Docker users can also run it as a container, and the runtime hooks are mostly environment variables and a small config file.

### Timeline

- 2017: v0.3 and early 0.x releases published.
- 2018: v0.7 release published.
- 2022: v0.7.7 release published.

### Related projects

- ctop is related to Docker, runC, top-style process monitors, and other terminal tools in the Docker ecosystem.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/bcicen/ctop#readme>
- <https://github.com/bcicen/ctop/blob/master/_docs/connectors.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/bcicen/ctop/releases?per_page=100>


## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/ctop/config, ~/.ctop
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ctop
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - ctop: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ct/ctop/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - ctop - 0.7.7-r36: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ctop from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Top-like interface for container metrics | https://ctop.sh/
- pacman - ctop - 0.7.7-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: ctop from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Top-like interface for container metrics | https://ctop.sh/
- zypper - ctop - 0.7.7-1.10: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: ctop from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Top-like interface for container metrics | https://ctop.sh/
- MacPorts - ctop: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/ctop/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/ctop: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/ctop.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family.
- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [collectd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/collectd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, metrics, monitoring, system.
- [conmon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/conmon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, monitoring, system.
- [distrobox](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/distrobox/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, docker, system.
- [docuum](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/docuum/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, docker, system.
- [netdata](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/netdata/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, metrics, monitoring, system.
- [node_exporter](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node-exporter/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, metrics, monitoring, system.
- [podman-tui](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/podman-tui/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, containers, system, terminal-ui.
- [sampler](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sampler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, monitoring, system, terminal-ui.
- [zenith](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/zenith/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, metrics, monitoring, system, terminal.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ctop.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ctop.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph