Activity Monitor AlternativesSystem Information Utilities & Network Monitors like Activity Monitor

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 Mission Center, Stats, iStat Menus and appstat.

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  1. Process Explorer icon

    Process Explorer

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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...

    72 Process Explorer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Process Explorer screenshot 1

    Process Explorer Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Affinity Mask
    4.  Portable

    Process Explorer VS Activity Monitor

     

    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to Activity Monitor.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to Activity Monitor.

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryActivity Monitor is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Mission Center icon

    Mission Center

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    Monitor your CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU usage.

    109 Mission Center alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    Mission Center screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Memory Monitoring
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Disk Monitoring
    10.  GPU Monitoring
    11.  OPENGL

    Mission Center VS Activity Monitor

     

    • Mission Center is the most popular Linux alternative to Activity Monitor.

    • Mission Center is the most popular Open Source alternative to Activity Monitor.

    • Mission Center is Free and Open SourceActivity Monitor is Free and Proprietary
    • Mission Center is Privacy focused and LightweightActivity Monitor is not according to our users
  4. Stats icon

    Stats

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    Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.

    73 Stats alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • UA flagUkraine

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Stats screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Sits in the MenuBar
    3.  Temperature Monitoring
    4.  CPU temperature
    5.  Fan Speed
    6.  Status menu widgets
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Dark Mode

    Stats VS Activity Monitor

     

    • Stats is the most popular Mac alternative to Activity Monitor.

    • Stats is Free and Open SourceActivity Monitor is Free and Proprietary
    • Stats is Lightweight and Privacy focusedActivity Monitor is not according to our users
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    iStat Menus

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    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).

    73 iStat Menus alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    iStat Menus screenshot 1

    iStat Menus Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Sits in the MenuBar
    3.  Real-time monitoring
    4.  Graphs
    5.  Fan Speed
    6.  Sits in the System Tray
    7.  CPU Monitoring
    8.  Remote monitoring

    iStat Menus VS Activity Monitor

     

    • Most users think iStat Menus is a great Activity Monitor alternative.

    • iStat Menus is the most popular iPhone alternative to Activity Monitor.

    • iStat Menus is the most popular commercial alternative to Activity Monitor.

    • iStat Menus is Paid and ProprietaryActivity Monitor is Free and Proprietary
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    appstat

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    appstat screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Resource monitoring
    6.  CPU Monitoring
    7.  Memory Monitoring
    8.  Metrics
    9.  On top
    10.  Export to CSV
    11.  Disk Monitoring

    appstat VS Activity Monitor

     
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    PowerTOP

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    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...

    16 PowerTOP alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    PowerTOP screenshot 1

    PowerTOP VS Activity Monitor

     
  9. BitBar icon

    BitBar

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    BitBar screenshot 1

    BitBar Features

    1.  Display info on the menubar
    2.  Hardware Monitoring

    BitBar VS Activity Monitor

     
    Comments about BitBar as an Alternative to Activity Monitor
    Mark Gardner
    Negative Oct 9, 2024
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    BitBar is a general-purpose utility for the menu bar; Activity Monitor is specifically for monitoring and managing processes.

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    • BitBar is Free and Open SourceActivity Monitor is Free and Proprietary
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    Atmonitor

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Atmonitor screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.7.1, released on August 2012, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.

    Atmonitor Features

    1.  Network speed monitor
    2.  In built video player
    3.  Hardware Monitoring

    Atmonitor VS Activity Monitor

     
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    XRG

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    XRG screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Hardware Monitoring

    XRG VS Activity Monitor

     
  12. TaskExplorer icon

    TaskExplorer

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    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!.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    TaskExplorer screenshot 1

    TaskExplorer VS Activity Monitor

     
  13. eul icon

    eul

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    macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Mac
    eul screenshot 1

    eul Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Status monitoring

    eul VS Activity Monitor

     

  14. px

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    px tells you what processes are running on your system and how they are interconnected.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    px screenshot 1

    px Features

    1.  Performance Monitoring
    2.  Console-based

    px VS Activity Monitor

     
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