glances

Install command:
brew install glances

Alternative to top/htop

https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/

License: LGPL-3.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/glances.json

Formula code: glances.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 4.5.9
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

certifi 2026.10.23 Mozilla CA bundle for Python
cryptography 50.0.2 Cryptographic recipes and primitives for Python
pydantic 2.14.3 Data validation using Python type hints
python@3.15 3.15.2 Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

Depends on when building from source:

rust 1.99.1 Safe, concurrent, practical language

Binaries: glances

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days23,514
Downloads760,766
Analytics install events (30 days)3,959
Downloads / install events (30 days)5.9×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-14T00:23:27Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-15 to 2026-11-14. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.

Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs3,9487,79547,860
Installs (--HEAD)111465
Installs on Request3,9467,79247,848
Installs on Request (--HEAD)111465
Build Errors0

Known vulnerabilities in the current version:

GHSA-wj6h-64fc-37mp (high) Minerva timing attack on P-256 in python-ecdsa
GHSA-6c5p-j8vq-pqhj (critical) python-jose algorithm confusion guard bypassed by DER-encoded public keys

Data from Homebrew/advisory-database. Run brew vulns glances for a live check.