How to make htop to display network info and IO info like this?

Question

Recently I saw this htop screenshot with network info displayed also the IO tab and main tab:

htop with I/O tab and network

Below the SWAP area, there is a disk IO summary, and then an individual IO tab, in right-side below load average, the network speed info.

I have been googling around a bit , but didn't find anything useful.

How can I get a htop like this?

I assume it's like custom compiled one?

I have checked through F2 setup option , but didn't see any network.

score 22 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 06 '22 at 10:19

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Since version 3.2.0 you can activate the tab view by setting the checkmark 'Show tabs for screens' in the 'Setup' page (shortcut F2).

Activation of tabs in Setup page:

edited Jul 06 '22 at 10:19

Greenonline

answered Jul 06 '22 at 09:55

ratatoskr_

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '22 at 14:07

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Tabs in htop are a new feature. It is not yet part of an officially released htop version. If you want them, you need to build htop yourself.

Keep in mind that, after a long period of little activity, htop is now under very active development.

answered Apr 13 '22 at 14:07

user219095

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 22 '24 at 13:51

For those who have older versions of htop, you can actually add the IO rate columns to the existing view even though there is no I/O tab.

Go to setup (shortcut F2)
In "Setup" go to "Columns"
In "Available Columns" go to the columns you want (eg. IO_RATE)
Press F5 to add the column to "Active Columns" In the "Active Columns" you can order the columns using F7 and F8 if you want the new column in another position.

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