Alfred atop

System monitoring and process management via Alfred.

Features

Process management: CPU usage, memory usage, parent processes, and child
processes.
Bluetooth: device connection status and battery information (if available)
Network connections
Removable volumes
Uptime & reboots
Speed-test of internet connection
DNS switching
All features are live refreshing.

Installation

Usage

List all available tools via atop and select one. Alternatively, you can also directly access the more frequently used tools via a configurable keyword.

Process Management

Display processes directly via top. Append "parent" to the query to display only processes that have child processes.

⏎: Kill the process.
⌘⏎: Force-kill the process.
⌃⏎: Kill all processes with the same name.
⌘⌃⏎: Force-kill all processes with the same
name.
⇧⏎: If the process belongs to a regular app, restart the
app.
⌥⏎: Copy the Process Identifier (PID).

Meaning of the icons

⭕: process is owned by root.
n⇣: process is a parent of n child processes.
↖ foobar: process is a child of foobar.

Bluetooth Devices

Display paired Bluetooth devices directly via blue.

⏎: If blueutil is installed, toggle the connection state.
Otherwise, open the Bluetooth preferences.
⌥⏎: Copy the device address.

Removable Volumes

Display mounted volumes directly via vol.

⏎: Open the Volume in Finder.
⌘⏎: Browse the Volume in the Terminal, using the
Terminal app you have configured in your Alfred
preferences.
⌃⏎: Eject the Volume.

DNS Switching

About the developer

In my day job, I am a sociologist studying the social mechanisms underlying the digital economy. For my PhD project, I investigate the governance of the app economy and how software ecosystems manage the tension between innovation and compatibility. If you are interested in this subject, feel free to get in touch.