cointop

Coin tracking for hackers

cointop is a fast and lightweight interactive terminal based UI application for tracking and monitoring cryptocurrency coin stats in real-time. The interface is inspired by htop.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installing
• Updating
• Usage
• Shortcuts
• Config
• FAQ
• License

Features

• Quick sort shortcuts
• Custom key bindings config
• Vim inspired shortcut keys
• Fast pagination
• Charts for coins and global market graphs
• Fuzzy searching for finding coins
• Save and view favorite coins
• Color support
• Help menu
• Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows

Installing

Make sure to have go (1.4+) installed, then do:

go get -u github.com/miguelmota/cointop

Windows WSL

You'll need additional font support for Windows WSL. Please see the wiki for instructions.

Snap

cointop is also available as a snap for Linux users.

sudo snap install cointop --stable

Running snap:

sudo snap run cointop

Note: snaps don't work in Windows WSL. See this issue thread.

Updating

To update make sure to use the -u flag.

go get -u github.com/miguelmota/cointop

snap

Use the refresh command to update snap.

sudo snap refresh cointop --stable

Usage

Just run the cointop command to get started:

$ cointop

Shortcuts

List of default shortcut keys:

Key	Action
↑	Move up
↓	Move down
→	Go to next page
←	Go to previous page
Page Up	Jump page up
Page Down	Jump page down
Home	Go to first line of page
End	Go to last line of page
Enter	Toggle [c]hart for highlighted coin
Esc	Quit
Space	Toggle coin as favorite
Ctrl+c	Alias to quit
Ctrl+d	Jump page down (vim inspired)
Ctrl+n	Go to next page
Ctrl+p	Go to previous page
Ctrl+r	Force refresh data
Ctrl+s	Save config
Ctrl+u	Jump page up (vim inspired)
Alt+↑	Sort current column in ascending order
Alt+↓	Sort current column in descending order
Alt+←	Sort column to the left
Alt+→	Sort column to the right
F1	Show help
F5	Force refresh data
0	Go to first page (vim inspired)
1	Sort table by [1] hour change
2	Sort table by [2]4 hour change
7	Sort table by [7] day change
a	Sort table by [a]vailable supply
c	Toggle [c]hart for highlighted coin
f	Toggle show favorites
g	Go to first line of page (vim inspired)
G	Go to last line of page (vim inspired)
h	Go to previous page (vim inspired)
H	Go to top of table window (vim inspired)
j	Move down (vim inspired)
k	Move up (vim inspired)
l	Go to next page (vim inspired)
L	Go to last line of visible table window (vim inspired)
m	Sort table by [m]arket cap
M	Go to middle of visible table window (vim inspired)
n	Sort table by [n]ame
o	[o]pen link to highlighted coin on CoinMarketCap
p	Sort table by [p]rice
r	Sort table by [r]ank
s	Sort table by [s]ymbol
t	Sort table by [t]otal supply
u	Sort table by last [u]pdated
v	Sort table by 24 hour [v]olume
q	[q]uit
$	Go to last page (vim inspired)
?	Show help
/	Search (vim inspired)

Config

The first time you run cointop, it'll create a config file in:

~/.cointop/config

You can then configure the actions you want for each key:

(default ~/.cointop/config)

[shortcuts]
  "$" = "last_page"
  0 = "first_page"
  1 = "sort_column_1h_change"
  2 = "sort_column_24h_change"
  7 = "sort_column_7d_change"
  "?" = "help"
  "/" = "open_search"
  G = "move_to_page_last_row"
  H = "move_to_page_visible_first_row"
  L = "move_to_page_visible_last_row"
  M = "move_to_page_visible_middle_row"
  a = "sort_column_available_supply"
  "alt+down" = "sort_column_desc"
  "alt+left" = "sort_left_column"
  "alt+right" = "sort_right_column"
  "alt+up" = "sort_column_asc"
  down = "move_down"
  left = "previous_page"
  right = "next_page"
  up = "move_up"
  c = "toggle_row_chart"
  "ctrl+c" = "quit"
  "ctrl+d" = "page_down"
  "ctrl+n" = "next_page"
  "ctrl+p" = "previous_page"
  "ctrl+r" = "refresh"
  "ctrl+s" = "save"
  "ctrl+u" = "page_up"
  end = "move_to_page_last_row"
  enter = "toggle_row_chart"
  esc = "quit"
  f = "toggle_show_favorites"
  F1 = "help"
  g = "move_to_page_first_row"
  h = "previous_page"
  home = "move_to_page_first_row"
  j = "move_down"
  k = "move_up"
  l = "next_page"
  m = "sort_column_market_cap"
  n = "sort_column_name"
  o = "open_link"
  p = "sort_column_price"
  pagedown = "page_down"
  pageup = "page_up"
  q = "quit"
  r = "sort_column_rank"
  s = "sort_column_symbol"
  space = "toggle_favorite"
  t = "sort_column_total_supply"
  u = "sort_column_last_updated"
  v = "sort_column_24h_volume"

List of actions

Action	Description
first_page	Go to first page
help	Show help
last_page	Go to last page
move_to_page_first_row	Move to first row on page
move_to_page_last_row	Move to last row on page
move_to_page_visible_first_row	Move to first visible row on page
move_to_page_visible_last_row	Move to last visible row on page
move_to_page_visible_middle_row	Move to middle visible row on page
move_up	Move one row up
move_down	Move one row down
next_page	Go to next page
open_link	Open row link
open_search	Open search field
page_down	Move one row down
page_up	Scroll one page up
previous_page	Go to previous page
quit	Quit application
refresh	Do a manual refresh on the data
sort_column_1h_change	Sort table by column 1 hour change
sort_column_24h_change	Sort table by column 24 hour change
sort_column_24h_volume	Sort table by column 24 hour volume
sort_column_7d_change	Sort table by column 7 day change
sort_column_asc	Sort highlighted column by ascending order
sort_column_available_supply	Sort table by column available supply
sort_column_desc	Sort highlighted column by descending order
sort_column_last_updated	Sort table by column last updated
sort_column_market_cap	Sort table by column market cap
sort_column_name	Sort table by column name
sort_column_price	Sort table by column price
sort_column_rank	Sort table by column rank
sort_column_symbol	Sort table by column symbol
sort_column_total_supply	Sort table by column total supply
sort_left_column	Sort the column to the left of the highlighted column
sort_right_column	Sort the column to the right of the highlighted column
toggle_row_chart	Toggle the chart for the highlighted row
toggle_favorite	Toggle coin as favorite
toggle_show_favorites	Toggle show favorites
save	Save config

FAQ

• Q: Where is the data from?

  • A: The data is from Coin Market Cap.

• Q: What coins does this support?

  • A: This supports any coin listed on Coin Market Cap.

• Q: How often is the data polled?

  • A: Data gets polled once every minute by default. You can press Ctrl+r to force refresh.

• Q: I installed cointop without errors but the command is not found.

  • A: Make sure your GOPATH and PATH is set correctly.

    export GOPATH=$HOME/go
    export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
    

• Q: What is the size of the binary?

  • A: The executable is only ~1.9MB in size.

• Q: How do I search?

  • A: The default key to open search is /. Type the search query after the / in the field and hit Enter.

• Q: Does this work on the Raspberry Pi?

  • A: Yes, cointop works on the Rasperry Pi including the RPi Zero.

• Q: How do I add/remove a favorite?

  • A: Press the space key to toggle a coin as a favorite.

• Q: How do I view all my favorites?

  • A: Press f to toggle view all your favorites.

• Q: How do I save my favorites?

  • A: Press ctrl+s to save your favorites.

• Q: I'm getting question marks or weird symbols instead of the correct characters.

  • A: Make sure that your terminal has the encoding set to UTF-8 and that your terminal font supports UTF-8.

    You can also try running cointop with the following environment variables:

    LANG=en_US.utf8 TERM=xterm-256color cointop
    

    If you're on Windows WSL, please see the wiki for font support instructions.

• Q: How do I install Go on Ubuntu?

  • A: There's instructions on installing Go on Ubuntu in the wiki.

• Q: I'm getting errors installing the snap in Windows WSL.

  • A: Unfortunately Windows WSL doesn't support snapd which is required for snaps to run. See this issue thread.

• Q: How do I show the help menu?

  • A: Press ? to toggle the help menu. Press q to close help menu.

License

Released under the Apache 2.0 license.