Process Hacker Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Process Hacker for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Process Hacker and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Process Hacker are System Informer, Glances, Task Manager and SystemExplorer.

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  1. Process Explorer icon
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    Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information...

    84 Process Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  2. System Informer icon
     55 likes

    A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Official successor to Process Hacker.

    57 System Informer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  3. Glances icon
     69 likes

    Glances is a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a large amount of monitoring information through a curses or Web based interface. The information dynamically adapts depending on the size of the user interface.

    71 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Task Manager icon
     68 likes

    Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network...

    80 Task Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  5. SystemExplorer icon
     97 likes

    System Explorer is an enhanced Taskmanager that provides detailed information about running processes, startup programs, IE add-ons (BHOs), drivers, services network connections, system resources and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  6. appstat icon
     9 likes

    Real-time monitoring of CPU, memory, disk, and thread metrics for running applications without workflow interruptions. Identify resource bottlenecks, memory leaks, and performance spikes. Freeware with no registration required, featuring dark/light modes, always-on-top option, and exportable logs for team analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. TCPView icon
     34 likes

    TCPView is a Windows program that will show you detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections.

    16 TCPView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  8. Task Manager DeLuxe (TMX) is based on MiTeC System Information Component Suite and offers powerful features available in standard Windows Task Manager in lightweight portable package with many more enhancements.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. TaskInfo icon
     5 likes

    TaskInfo is a poweful utility that combines and improves features of Task Manager and System Information tools. It visually monitors (in text and graphical forms) different types of system information in any Windows system (95, 98, ME, NT 4.

    44 TaskInfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. ESET SysInspector is a free, state of the art diagnostic tool for Windows systems. It is also an integral part of ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4. It peers into your operating system and captures details such as running processes, registry content, startup items...

    22 ESET SysInspector alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. A free and portable process database on your Windows computer that helps you find portable applications run from anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. KillSwitch icon
     8 likes

    KillSwitch is an advanced system monitoring tool that is apart of Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) it allows users to identify, monitor and stop potentially unsafe processes that are running on endpoint systems. Uniquely for a product of its type, KillSwitch leverages Comodo&#39.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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