Glances AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Process Management Tools

The best Process Management alternative to Glances is Process Explorer, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Glances and many of them are Process Management Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Process Management Tool alternatives to Glances are htop, System Informer, btop and Resources.

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Glances

Process Monitoring Tool
Free • Open Source

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...

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Glances alternatives page was last updated Oct 19, 2023

Process Explorer
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...
77 Process Explorer alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Process Management Tool
- Process Monitoring Tool
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Process Explorer Features
Process Monitoring
CPU Monitoring
Affinity Mask
Portable
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Process Explorer VS Glances
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- Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to Glances.
- Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to Glances.
- Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryGlances is Free and Open Source

htop
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...
70 htop alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Process Management Tool
- Process Monitoring Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
htop Features
1. Runs on command line
2. Lightweight
3. Performance Monitoring
4. Command line interface
5. Portable
6. Ad-free
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- Almost everyone thinks htop is a great Glances alternative.
- htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Glances.
- htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to Glances.
- htop is Free and Open SourceGlances is also Free and Open Source

System Informer
A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Official successor to Process Hacker.
46 System Informer alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Process Management Tool
- Process Monitoring Tool
Platforms
- Windows
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Top System Informer Features
1. I/O Monitoring
2. Disk Monitoring
3. Process Monitoring
4. CPU Monitoring
5. Ad-free
6. Lightweight
7. Performance Monitoring
8. Portable
9. Dark Mode
10. Website Monitoring
11. No registration required
12. No Tracking
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btop
Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
21 btop alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Process Monitoring Tool
- Process Management Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- FreeBSD
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btop Features
1. Process Monitoring
2. RAM Monitoring
3. CPU Monitoring
4. Resource monitoring
5. Ad-free
6. Command line interface
7. Lightweight
8. No registration required
9. Works Offline
10. No Tracking
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Resources
Resources is a simple yet powerful monitor for your system resources and processes, written in Rust and using GTK 4 and libadwaita for its GUI.
105 Resources alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- System Information Utility
- Process Monitoring Tool
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
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Resources Features
1. Memory usage
2. Hardware Monitoring
3. Ad-free
4. Memory Monitoring
5. Storage Monitoring
6. CPU Monitoring
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Windows Task Manager
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...
71 Windows Task Manager alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Process Management Tool
- Process Monitoring Tool
Platforms
- Windows
Windows Task Manager Features
Bundled with Windows
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Process Lasso
Process Lasso is NOT yet another task manager. It is a process priority optimization and system automation utility. Priority optimization, affinity optimization, core optimization, automated rules, automated power schemes, you name it and Process Lasso has it.
37 Process Lasso alternatives
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
- Process Management Tool
- Process Monitoring Tool
Platforms
- Windows
Process Lasso Features
Ad-free
Lightweight
Portable
Affinity Mask
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SystemExplorer
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.
56 SystemExplorer alternatives
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
- Process Management Tool
- Process Monitoring Tool
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
SystemExplorer Features
1. Portable
2. Show hidden processes
3. Hardware Monitoring
4. Software Management
5. Autostart
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Discontinued
While mostly functional it and its website hasn't been updated since 2017 and forums and support are gone.
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BPYTOP
Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

Python port of bashtop.
13 BPYTOP alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Network Monitor
- Disk Usage Analyzer
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
BPYTOP Features
Ad-free
Memory usage
Hardware Monitoring
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GNOME System Monitor
System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.
78 GNOME System Monitor alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Process Monitoring Tool
- Process Management Tool
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- GNOME
GNOME System Monitor Features
Ad-free
Lightweight
Dark Mode
Application Monitoring
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Bottom
Yet another cross-platform graphical process/system monitor.
10 Bottom alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Process Monitoring Tool
- Process Management Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+3
Bottom Features
1. Command line interface
2. Terminal-based
3. Hardware Monitoring
4. Temperature Monitoring
5. Memory usage
6. Dashboard
7. Performance Monitoring
8. Customizable
9. Cross-Platform
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Bashtop
Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor.
20 Bashtop alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Process Management Tool
- Process Monitoring Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Bashtop Features
Command line interface
Intuitive Interface
Graphs
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