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authorDaniel Lange <DLange@git.local>2020-12-07 10:26:01 +0100
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[![Github Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/htop-dev/htop.svg)](https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/releases/latest)
[![Download](https://api.bintray.com/packages/htop/source/htop/images/download.svg)](https://bintray.com/htop/source/htop/_latestVersion)
+![Screenshot of htop](docs/images/screenshot.png?raw=true)
+
## Introduction
`htop` is a cross-platform interactive process viewer.
-It requires `ncurses`.
-For more information and details on how to contribute to `htop`
-visit [htop.dev](https://htop.dev).
+`htop` allows scrolling the list of processes vertically and horizontally to see their full command lines and related information like memory and CPU consumption.
+
+The information displayed is configurable through a graphical setup and can be sorted and filtered interactively.
+
+Tasks related to processes (e.g. killing and renicing) can be done without entering their PIDs.
+
+Running `htop` requires `ncurses` libraries (typically named libncursesw*).
+
+For more information and details on how to contribute to `htop` visit [htop.dev](https://htop.dev).
## Build instructions
-This program is distributed as a standard autotools-based package.
-For detailed instructions see the `INSTALL` file, which
-is created after `./autogen.sh` is run.
+This program is distributed as a standard GNU autotools-based package.
+
+Compiling `htop` requires the header files for `ncurses` (libncursesw*-dev). Install these and other required packages for C development from your package manager.
-When compiling from a [release tarball](https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/releases/), run:
+Then, when compiling from a [release tarball](https://bintray.com/htop/source/htop), run:
~~~ shell
./configure && make
~~~
-For compiling sources downloaded from the Git repository, run:
+Alternatively, for compiling sources downloaded from the Git repository (`git clone` or downloads from [Github releases](https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/releases/)),
+install the header files for `ncurses` (libncursesw*-dev) and other required development packages from your distribution's package manager. Then run:
~~~ shell
./autogen.sh && ./configure && make
~~~
-By default `make install` will install into `/usr/local`, for changing
-the path use `./configure --prefix=/some/path`.
+By default `make install` will install into `/usr/local`, for changing the path use `./configure --prefix=/some/path`.
+
+See the manual page (`man htop`) or the on-line help ('F1' or 'h' inside `htop`) for a list of supported key commands.
+
+## Support
+
+If you have trouble running `htop` please consult your Operating System / Linux distribution documentation for getting support and filing bugs.
+
+## Bugs, development feedback
+
+We have a [development mailing list](https://htop.dev/mailinglist.html). Feel free to subscribe for release announcements or asking questions on the development of htop.
+
+You can also join our IRC channel #htop on freenode and talk to the developers there.
+
+If you have found an issue with the source of htop, please check whether this has already been reported in our [Github issue tracker](https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/issues).
+If not, please file a new issue describing the problem you have found, the location in the source code you are referring to and a possible fix.
+
+## History
+
+`htop` was invented, developed and maintained by Hisham Muhammad from 2004 to 2019. His [legacy repository](https://github.com/hishamhm/htop/) has been archived to preserve the history.
-See the manual page (`man htop`) or the on-line help ('F1' or 'h'
-inside `htop`) for a list of supported key commands.
+In 2020 a [team](https://github.com/orgs/htop-dev/people) took over the development amicably and continues to maintain `htop` collaboratively.
## License

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