ES Task Manager AlternativesProcess Monitoring & Process Management Tools like ES Task Manager

ES Task Manager is described as 'A manager for tasks on the Android platform. An excellent task manager & killer. It can also optimize memory, storage, & cache. It integrates well with ES File Explorer & users can easily switch between the two apps' and is a process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to ES Task Manager for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and PortableApps.com apps. The best ES Task Manager alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like ES Task Manager are htop, Mission Center, Process Monitor and Glances.

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A manager for tasks on the Android platform. An excellent task manager & killer. It can also optimize memory, storage, & cache. It integrates well with ES File Explorer & users can...

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ES Task Manager alternatives page was last updated Oct 4, 2023
  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...

    78 Process Explorer alternatives
    Process Explorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Explorer Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Affinity Mask
    4.  Portable
    Process Explorer iconES Task Manager Icon

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    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to ES Task Manager.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to ES Task Manager.

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryES Task Manager is also Free and Proprietary
  2. htop icon
     258 likes

    htop is an interactive process viewer for Linux. It is a text-mode application (for console or X terminals) and requires ncurses. htop is an interactive top replacement that runs in the terminal. The available columns are: PID, STATE, PPID, PGRP, SESSION, TTY_NR, TPGID, MINFLT...

    72 htop alternatives
    htop Screenshot

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Runs on command line
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Portable
    htop iconES Task Manager Icon

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    • htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to ES Task Manager.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to ES Task Manager.

    • htop is Free and Open SourceES Task Manager is Free and Proprietary
    • htop is LightweightES Task Manager is not according to our users
  3. Mission Center icon
     14 likes

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

    106 Mission Center alternatives
    Mission Center screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

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

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  4. Process Monitor icon
     157 likes

    Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and...

    56 Process Monitor alternatives
    Main Screen

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Monitor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Activity history
    Process Monitor iconES Task Manager Icon

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  5. Glances icon
     59 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.

    63 Glances alternatives
    Glances screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Filesystem
    4.  Custom Plugins
    5.  Website Monitoring
    Glances iconES Task Manager Icon

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  6. Windows Task Manager icon
     62 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...

    72 Windows Task Manager alternatives
    Windows Task Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Bundled with Windows
    Windows Task Manager iconES Task Manager Icon

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  7. SystemExplorer icon
     94 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.

    57 SystemExplorer alternatives
    SystemExplorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    SystemExplorer Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Show hidden processes
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Software Management
    5.  Autostart
    Discontinued

    While mostly functional it and its website hasn't been updated since 2017 and forums and support are gone.

    SystemExplorer iconES Task Manager Icon

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  8. GNOME System Monitor icon
     33 likes

    System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

    79 GNOME System Monitor alternatives
    GNOME System Monitor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Application Monitoring
    GNOME System Monitor iconES Task Manager Icon

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  9. FX File Explorer icon
     8 likes

    FX File Explorer features a Material Design UI and new ways to transfer your files between devices and computers

    20 FX File Explorer alternatives
    FX File Explorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Built-in viewer
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Integrated FTP client
    FX File Explorer iconES Task Manager Icon

    FX File Explorer VS ES Task Manager

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    • FX File Explorer is the most popular Android alternative to ES Task Manager.

    • FX File Explorer is Freemium and ProprietaryES Task Manager is Free and Proprietary
    • FX File Explorer is LightweightES Task Manager is not according to our users
  10. vtop icon
     13 likes

    vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.

    47 vtop alternatives
    vtop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    vtop Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Vim Key Mapping
    vtop iconES Task Manager Icon

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  11. Samsung My Files icon
     5 likes

    "My Files" manages all the files on your smartphone, just like a file explorer on your computer.

    143 Samsung My Files alternatives
    Samsung My Files screenshot 1
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    Samsung My Files screenshot 3

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    Samsung My Files Features

    Samsung My Files iconES Task Manager Icon

    Samsung My Files VS ES Task Manager

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    • Samsung My Files is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to ES Task Manager.

    • Samsung My Files is Free and ProprietaryES Task Manager is also Free and Proprietary
  12. Xfce Task Manager icon
     13 likes

    Easy to use application for monitoring and controlling running processes.

    64 Xfce Task Manager alternatives
    Xfce4 Task Manager v1.1.0

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    Xfce Task Manager iconES Task Manager Icon

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