Activity Monitor Alternatives

Activity Monitor is described as 'displays information about all the processes running on your Mac, including CPU, disk, memory, and network usage. You can see exactly how your computer’s resources are being used via a searchable table, helpful graphs, or even directly in the Dock icon' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Activity Monitor for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Activity Monitor alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Activity Monitor are Stats, iStat Menus, Atmonitor and BitBar.

Activity Monitor alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities but may also be Process Monitoring Tools or Network Monitors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Activity Monitor.

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Activity Monitor

Free • Proprietary
System Information Utility

Activity Monitor displays information about all the processes running on your Mac, including CPU, disk, memory, and network...

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Process Explorer
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Free • Proprietary
Process Monitoring Tool
Process Management Tool
Windows
PortableApps.com
72 Process Explorer alternatives
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...
- - Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to Activity Monitor.
- - Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to Activity Monitor.
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1. PortableProcess Explorer can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
CPU Monitoring
Affinity Mask
Stats
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Mac
71 Stats alternatives
Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
- - Stats is the most popular Mac alternative to Activity Monitor.
- - Stats is the most popular Open Source alternative to Activity Monitor.
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Stats Features
1. LightweightStats consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Hardware Monitoring
Sits in the MenuBar
Temperature Monitoring
CPU temperature
Status menu widgets
Fan Speed
iStat Menus
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Paid • Proprietary
System Information Utility
Mac
iPhone
72 iStat Menus alternatives
iStat is a series of system monitor apps. It's available in different versions: iStat Menus, iStat for iOS and iStat Server as a companion application to the iStat for iOS app that lets you remotely monitor your computers (free for Windows and Mac).
- - iStat Menus is the most popular iPhone alternative to Activity Monitor.
- - iStat Menus is the most popular commercial alternative to Activity Monitor.
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iStat Menus Features
Hardware Monitoring
Real-time monitoring
Sits in the MenuBar
Memory usage
Graphs
Fan Speed
CPU Monitoring
Sits in the System Tray
Remote monitoring
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Most users think iStat Menus is a great Activity Monitor alternative.
Atmonitor
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Free • Proprietary
Process Monitoring Tool
Network Monitor
Mac
57 Atmonitor alternatives
Mac OS X System Monitor and Process Explorer Tool atMonitor is the most advanced monitoring tool for Mac OS X that displays system activity in real-time. It is designed to allow quick assessment of computers state and it is powerful enough to make it a core utility in anyones sys.
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Atmonitor Features
Memory usage
Network speed monitor
In built video player
Hardware Monitoring
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.7.1, released on August 2012, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
BitBar
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Free • Open Source
Mac
32 BitBar alternatives
The BitBar app lets you put the output from any script or program right in your Mac OS X menu bar. And it's completely free. An impressive number of plugins have already been contributed by a wide range of developers just like you, and this site makes it easy to find them.
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BitBar Features
Display info on the menubar
Hardware Monitoring
PowerTOP
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Free • Open Source
Linux
12 PowerTOP alternatives
PowerTOP is a Linux tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management. In addition to being a diagnostic tool, PowerTOP also has an interactive mode where the user can experiment various power management settings for cases where the Linux distribution has not...
- - PowerTOP is the most popular Linux alternative to Activity Monitor.
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TaskExplorer
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Free • Proprietary
Process Monitoring Tool
System Information Utility
Mac
14 TaskExplorer alternatives
Explore all the tasks (processes) running on your Mac with TaskExplorer. Quickly see a task's signature status, loaded dylibs, open files, network connection, and much more!.
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Stats Panel
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Paid • Proprietary
Network Monitor
Disk Usage Analyzer
Mac
70 Stats Panel alternatives
Stats Panel is a macOS app for monitoring system performance.
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Stats Panel Features
Hardware Monitoring
Memory Monitoring
CPU Monitoring
Battery Health
Performance Monitoring
eul
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Free • Open Source
Mac
69 eul alternatives
macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.
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eul Features
Hardware Monitoring
Status monitoring
XRG
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Network Monitor
Mac
25 XRG alternatives
XRG is an open source system monitor for Mac OS X. XRG allows you to monitor CPU activity, memory usage, battery status, machine temperature, network activity, disk I/O, current weather, and stock market data.
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XRG Features
1. LightweightXRG consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Ad-freeXRG doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Memory usage
CPU Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
MenuBar Stats
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Paid • Proprietary
System Information Utility
Network Monitor
Mac
23 MenuBar Stats alternatives
MenuBar Stats 2 has been reinvented. Completely re-written from the ground up. MenuBar Stats 2 is composed of modules (CPU, Disk, Network,...). Each module can be seen in your menu bar. Each module can be combined in 1 window, or in a separated window.
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MenuBar Stats Features
Performance Monitoring
Real-time monitoring
Sits in the MenuBar
Hardware Monitoring
Graphs
iPulse
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
52 iPulse alternatives
Using its concise and appealing user interface, iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of OS X on your desktop, menu bar or Dock.
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iPulse Features
Customizable
Hardware Monitoring