diff --git a/system/default/packages.nix b/system/default/packages.nix
index f1026a8..4f7b872 100644
--- a/system/default/packages.nix
+++ b/system/default/packages.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     file               # Determine file types
     findutils          # File and directory searching utilities
     gawk               # GNU implementation of awk
+    parallel           # Execute jobs in parallel
     tree               # Show ASCII formatted directory tree
     which              # Locate commands in PATH
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@
     # Performance monitoring and system information
 
     bmon               # Network bandwidth monitor
+    btop               # Resource monitor (CPU, memory, disks, network)
     htop               # Interactive process viewer
     lsof               # List open files and network connections