btop vs restic

btop is a free resource monitor for Linux and macOS that displays processor, memory, disk, network, and process activity. Its game-inspired menus, mouse support, and responsive interface provide ways to navigate system views and process controls. Users can inspect process details, filter or sort the list, view it as a tree, send signals, or pause the process list. Network graphs scale automatically; other displays cover disk activity and speeds, plus a battery meter. Users can choose graph symbols, create presets, and use theme files shared with bpytop and bashtop or a custom themes directory. GPU monitoring is supported on Linux and on macOS with Apple Silicon GPUs when built with GPU support. NVIDIA monitoring needs the nvidia-ml library, AMD needs rocm_smi_lib, and Intel needs SYSFS read permission. The project documents Linux and macOS installation, package installation for FreeBSD and NetBSD, and Homebrew for macOS and Linux. It recommends a terminal with 24-bit truecolor and wide-character support, a UTF8 locale, and a font covering specified Unicode blocks. The repository lists the Apache-2.0 license.

restic is a free, open-source program for backing up files on Linux, macOS, Windows, and BSD. It transfers only changed portions of backed-up files and runs as a single executable without a server or complex setup. Storage options include local repositories, SFTP, REST server, Amazon S3, S3-compatible services, OpenStack Swift, Backblaze B2, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and rclone. Restic restores snapshots and checks repository metadata or full data integrity. Each repository requires a password, and multiple keys can be managed; losing the password prevents access to stored data. Official binaries are reproducibly built and can be checked with SHA-256 checksums and a PGP signature. The listed backup and restore scope is files. Mobile backup and ransomware protection are listed as unavailable. The latest listed release is restic 0.19.1, released July 5, 2026.