diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 1bebda9..a851929 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ type SystemMetrics struct {
 	CollectMemory     bool     `mapstructure:"collect_memory"`
 	CollectDisk       bool     `mapstructure:"collect_disk"`
 	CollectNetwork    bool     `mapstructure:"collect_network"`
+	CollectProcesses  bool     `mapstructure:"collect_processes"`
 	DiskPaths         []string `mapstructure:"disk_paths"`
 	NetworkInterfaces []string `mapstructure:"network_interfaces"`
+	TopProcessesLimit int      `mapstructure:"top_processes_limit"`
 }
 
 type Config struct {
diff --git a/models.go b/models.go
index 914c871..f1adf9f 100644
--- a/models.go
+++ b/models.go
@@ -5,17 +5,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 type SystemResources struct {
-	Timestamp     time.Time              `json:"@timestamp"`
-	Type          string                 `json:"type"`
-	Host          string                 `json:"host"`
-	CPUPercent    float64                `json:"cpu_percent,omitempty"`
-	MemoryUsed    uint64                 `json:"memory_used,omitempty"`
-	MemoryTotal   uint64                 `json:"memory_total,omitempty"`
-	MemoryPercent float64                `json:"memory_percent,omitempty"`
-	DiskUsage     map[string]DiskUsage   `json:"disk_usage,omitempty"`
-	NetworkStats  map[string]NetworkStat `json:"network_stats,omitempty"`
-	LoadAverage   []float64              `json:"load_average,omitempty"`
-	Uptime        uint64                 `json:"uptime,omitempty"`
+	Timestamp           time.Time              `json:"@timestamp"`
+	Type                string                 `json:"type"`
+	Host                string                 `json:"host"`
+	CPUPercent          float64                `json:"cpu_percent,omitempty"`
+	MemoryUsed          uint64                 `json:"memory_used,omitempty"`
+	MemoryTotal         uint64                 `json:"memory_total,omitempty"`
+	MemoryPercent       float64                `json:"memory_percent,omitempty"`
+	DiskUsage           map[string]DiskUsage   `json:"disk_usage,omitempty"`
+	NetworkStats        map[string]NetworkStat `json:"network_stats,omitempty"`
+	LoadAverage         []float64              `json:"load_average,omitempty"`
+	Uptime              uint64                 `json:"uptime,omitempty"`
+	TopProcesses        []ProcessInfo          `json:"top_processes"`
+	OpenFileDescriptors int32                  `json:"open_file_descriptors"`
 }
 
 type DiskUsage struct {
@@ -25,6 +27,15 @@ type DiskUsage struct {
 	Free        uint64  `json:"free"`
 }
 
+type ProcessInfo struct {
+	PID        int32   `json:"pid"`
+	Name       string  `json:"name"`
+	CPUPercent float64 `json:"cpu_percent"`
+	MemoryMB   float32 `json:"memory_mb"`
+	Status     string  `json:"status"`
+	CreateTime int64   `json:"create_time"`
+}
+
 type NetworkStat struct {
 	BytesSent   uint64 `json:"bytes_sent"`
 	BytesRecv   uint64 `json:"bytes_recv"`
diff --git a/system_metrics.go b/system_metrics.go
index 54cbec0..f73d4e4 100644
--- a/system_metrics.go
+++ b/system_metrics.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"slices"
+	"sort"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v7"
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/host"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/mem"
 	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/net"
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/process"
 )
 
 type SystemMetricsCollector struct {
@@ -81,9 +83,79 @@ func (smc *SystemMetricsCollector) collectMetrics() (SystemResources, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if smc.config.CollectProcesses {
+		if err := smc.collectProcessMetrics(&result); err != nil {
+			slog.Warn("failed to collect process metrics", "error", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+func (smc *SystemMetricsCollector) collectProcessMetrics(result *SystemResources) error {
+	processes, err := process.Processes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var processInfos []ProcessInfo
+	var totalOpenFiles int32
+
+	for _, p := range processes {
+		name, err := p.Name()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		cpuPercent, err := p.CPUPercent()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		memInfo, err := p.MemoryInfo()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		status, err := p.Status()
+		if err != nil {
+			status = ""
+		}
+
+		createTime, err := p.CreateTime()
+		if err != nil {
+			createTime = 0
+		}
+
+		if openFiles, err := p.NumFDs(); err == nil {
+			totalOpenFiles += openFiles
+		}
+
+		processInfos = append(processInfos, ProcessInfo{
+			PID:        p.Pid,
+			Name:       name,
+			CPUPercent: cpuPercent,
+			MemoryMB:   float32(memInfo.RSS) / 1024 / 1024,
+			Status:     status,
+			CreateTime: createTime,
+		})
+	}
+
+	sort.Slice(processInfos, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return processInfos[i].CPUPercent > processInfos[j].CPUPercent
+	})
+
+	limit := smc.config.TopProcessesLimit
+	if len(processInfos) > limit {
+		processInfos = processInfos[:limit]
+	}
+
+	result.TopProcesses = processInfos
+	result.OpenFileDescriptors = totalOpenFiles
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (smc *SystemMetricsCollector) collectCPUMetrics(result *SystemResources) error {
 	cpuPercents, err := cpu.Percent(time.Second, false)
 	if err != nil {