diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index 7395090060cb6..f111305ce4b37 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ mapAliases {
   "@nestjs/cli" = pkgs.nest-cli; # Added 2023-05-06
   bitwarden-cli = pkgs.bitwarden-cli; # added 2023-07-25
   eslint_d = pkgs.eslint_d; # Added 2023-05-26
+  gtop = pkgs.gtop; # added 2023-07-31
   manta = pkgs.node-manta; # Added 2023-05-06
   readability-cli = pkgs.readability-cli; # Added 2023-06-12
   thelounge = pkgs.thelounge; # Added 2023-05-22
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index 29494ae3755c3..a694b60818063 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@
 , "makam"
 , "meshcommander"
 , "gqlint"
-, "gtop"
 , "gulp"
 , "gulp-cli"
 , "he"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index 196e4bad11fbb..1b0c5a39644fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -112858,99 +112858,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  gtop = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "gtop";
-    packageName = "gtop";
-    version = "1.1.3";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/gtop/-/gtop-1.1.3.tgz";
-      sha512 = "LkZYdWebxn7qeQApnDN7Q50rwCg4raayL4DIQNPdhIyNKwwm3rbKHeX4+K4cV0SKBen7jVkY4s1c7aIdxGsF8A==";
-    };
-    dependencies = [
-      sources."@colors/colors-1.5.0"
-      sources."abbrev-1.1.1"
-      sources."ansi-escapes-6.2.0"
-      sources."ansi-regex-2.1.1"
-      sources."ansi-styles-2.2.1"
-      sources."ansi-term-0.0.2"
-      sources."ansicolors-0.3.2"
-      sources."blessed-0.1.81"
-      sources."blessed-contrib-4.11.0"
-      sources."bresenham-0.0.3"
-      sources."buffers-0.1.1"
-      sources."cardinal-2.1.1"
-      sources."chalk-1.1.3"
-      sources."charm-0.1.2"
-      sources."cli-table3-0.6.3"
-      sources."core-util-is-1.0.3"
-      sources."drawille-blessed-contrib-1.0.0"
-      sources."drawille-canvas-blessed-contrib-0.1.3"
-      sources."emoji-regex-8.0.0"
-      sources."escape-string-regexp-1.0.5"
-      sources."esprima-4.0.1"
-      (sources."event-stream-0.9.8" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."optimist-0.2.8"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."gl-matrix-2.8.1"
-      sources."has-ansi-2.0.0"
-      sources."has-flag-4.0.0"
-      sources."here-0.0.2"
-      sources."inherits-2.0.4"
-      sources."is-fullwidth-code-point-3.0.0"
-      sources."isarray-0.0.1"
-      sources."lodash-4.17.21"
-      sources."map-canvas-0.1.5"
-      sources."marked-4.3.0"
-      (sources."marked-terminal-5.2.0" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."chalk-5.3.0"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."memory-streams-0.1.3"
-      sources."memorystream-0.3.1"
-      sources."node-emoji-1.11.0"
-      sources."nopt-2.1.2"
-      sources."optimist-0.3.7"
-      sources."picture-tuber-1.0.2"
-      sources."png-js-0.1.1"
-      sources."readable-stream-1.0.34"
-      sources."redeyed-2.1.1"
-      sources."sax-1.2.4"
-      sources."sparkline-0.1.2"
-      (sources."string-width-4.2.3" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."ansi-regex-5.0.1"
-          sources."strip-ansi-6.0.1"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."string_decoder-0.10.31"
-      sources."strip-ansi-3.0.1"
-      sources."supports-color-2.0.0"
-      (sources."supports-hyperlinks-2.3.0" // {
-        dependencies = [
-          sources."supports-color-7.2.0"
-        ];
-      })
-      sources."systeminformation-5.18.7"
-      sources."term-canvas-0.0.5"
-      sources."type-fest-3.13.1"
-      sources."wordwrap-0.0.3"
-      sources."x256-0.0.2"
-      sources."xml2js-0.4.23"
-      sources."xmlbuilder-11.0.1"
-    ];
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "graphic top";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/aksakalli/gtop#readme";
-      license = "MIT";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   gulp = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "gulp";
     packageName = "gulp";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/gtop/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/gtop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..766719dfb347e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/gtop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib
+, buildNpmPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage rec {
+  pname = "gtop";
+  version = "1.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aksakalli";
+    repo = "gtop";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-7jcfJOdy3PKT6+07iaZnjWnlPLk9BhPn8LApk23E8l4=";
+  };
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-CUfoVkG74C7HpcO3T9HmwbxHsYAgW1vYBAgNvx2av0k=";
+
+  dontNpmBuild = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "System monitoring dashboard for the terminal";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/aksakalli/gtop";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tfc ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 71f9777d9ac0a..ec00513c9d09a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27549,7 +27549,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gt = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/gt { };
 
-  inherit (nodePackages) gtop;
+  gtop = callPackage ../tools/system/gtop { };
 
   hd-idle = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/hd-idle { };