# Install asitop with Homebrew, MacPorts

Perf monitoring CLI tool for Apple Silicon. Version 0.0.24 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install asitop.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:asitop
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install asitop
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install asitop
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:asitop
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.0.24
- **Source summary:** Perf monitoring CLI tool for Apple Silicon
- **Homepage:** <https://tlkh.github.io/asitop/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- asitop (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.0.24
## Project history and usage

asitop is a Python command-line monitor for Apple Silicon Macs. Its upstream README describes it as an nvtop-inspired terminal tool for M1-era macOS systems, built around Apple's powermetrics plus psutil, sysctl, and system_profiler.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created in October 2021, shortly after Apple Silicon machines had become common enough for developers to want terminal-native CPU, GPU, memory, and power visibility. The README says the author wrote it because they could not find an equivalent tool online and were curious about the hardware counters.

The project is deliberately macOS-specific. Its implementation relies on powermetrics, which requires elevated privileges, and the README documents limitations caused by Apple removing some memory bandwidth and package power data from powermetrics.

### Adoption history

asitop spread as a small Apple Silicon utility rather than as a cross-platform monitoring suite. GitHub repository metadata shows several thousand stars, and Homebrew analytics report thousands of installs over the previous year, indicating continuing package-manager use among Mac developers and performance tinkerers.

### How it is used

The normal workflow is to install the package and run `sudo asitop` in a terminal. It presents CPU cluster, GPU, ANE, memory, swap, frequency, utilization, and power estimates in a terminal UI, with options for sampling interval, color, and rolling average.

### Why package nerds care

For package-manager users, asitop is notable because it packages a niche macOS performance workflow into one CLI command. It sits in the same mental shelf as htop, nvtop, and powermetrics wrappers, but is tuned for Apple Silicon hardware counters rather than generic Unix process accounting.

### Timeline

- 2021: GitHub repository created for an Apple Silicon performance monitor.
- 2024: Repository metadata still shows recent maintenance activity.
- 2026: Homebrew API lists stable version 0.0.24 and recent install activity.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly compares the project to nvtop and documents its reliance on Apple's powermetrics utility.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/tlkh/asitop>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/asitop.json>
- <https://github.com/tlkh/asitop#readme>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - asitop: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/asitop/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/asitop.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/asitop.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph