Glances Alternatives

Glances is described as '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' and is a popular process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Glances for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Glances alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Glances are htop, System Informer, btop and Resources.

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Glances alternatives are mainly Process Management Tools but may also be Process Monitoring Tools or Network Monitors. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Glances.

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 Jun 15, 2023

btop4win
The Windows version of btop++, which is itself the re-implementation and continuation of bashtop and bpytop written in C++. A rich, featureful terminal-based resource monitor that shows usage and statistics for processor, memory, disks, network, processes and services.
14 btop4win alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Process Monitoring Tool
- Process Management Tool
Platforms
- Windows
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btop4win Features
1. Lightweight
2. Ad-free
3. Command line interface
4. Portable
5. Resource monitoring
6. Hardware Monitoring
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btop4win VS Glances
Is btop4win a good alternative to Glances?

Linux Process Explorer
Linux process explorer, behaves the same as the windows process explorer from Mark Russinovich.
19 Linux Process Explorer alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
Linux Process Explorer VS Glances
Is this a good alternative to Glances?

Xfce Task Manager
Easy to use application for monitoring and controlling running processes.
63 Xfce Task Manager alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Process Management Tool
Platforms
- Linux
Xfce Task Manager VS Glances
Is Xfce Task Manager a good alternative to Glances?

Iotop
Linux has always been able to show how much I/O was going on (the bi and bo columns of the vmstat 1 command).
10 Iotop alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Process Management Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
Iotop VS Glances
Is Iotop a good alternative to Glances?

nmon
This systems administrator, tuner, benchmark tool gives you a huge amount of important performance information in one go. It can output the data in two ways
15 nmon alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
nmon Features
Persistent History
Filesystem
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nmon VS Glances
Is nmon a good alternative to Glances?

LXTask
LXTask is the standard task manager and system monitor of LXDE. It starts via Ctrl+Alt+Del and is extremely lightweight.
59 LXTask alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Process Management Tool
- Task Management Tool
Platforms
- Linux
LXTask VS Glances
Is LXTask a good alternative to Glances?

psutil
psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network, users) in a portable way by using Python, implementing many functionalities offered by command line tools such as: ps, top, df...
15 psutil alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- System Information Utility
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
psutil Features
Hardware Monitoring
Affinity Mask
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psutil VS Glances
Is psutil a good alternative to Glances?

IPtraf-ng
iptraf-ng is a fork of original iptraf-3.0.0. IPTraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring utility. IPTraf-ng gathers data like TCP connection packet and byte counts, interface statistics and activity indicators, TCP/UDP traffic breakdowns, and LAN station packet and byte...
11 IPtraf-ng alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Network Monitor
Platforms
- Linux
IPtraf-ng Features
Traffic Monitoring
Traffic Analysis
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IPtraf-ng VS Glances
Is IPtraf-ng a good alternative to Glances?

gtop
System monitoring dashboard for terminal.
14 gtop alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
gtop Features
Command line interface
Terminal-based
Works in a terminal
Dashboard
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gtop VS Glances
Is gtop a good alternative to Glances?

StatusPilatus
Monitor your PC like never before!.
56 StatusPilatus alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- System Information Utility
- Network Monitor
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
StatusPilatus Features
Hardware Monitoring
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Discontinued
Last real update to the app was in January 2019, no new versions are planned.
StatusPilatus VS Glances
Is StatusPilatus a good alternative to Glances?

px
px tells you what processes are running on your system and how they are interconnected.
17 px alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
px Features
Performance Monitoring
Console-based
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px VS Glances
Is px a good alternative to Glances?

gotop
Another TUI graphical activity monitor, inspired by gtop and vtop, this time written in Go!
13 gotop alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Discontinued
The latest version (3.0.0) is from 2019, and the GitHub repository has been archived.
gotop VS Glances
Is gotop a good alternative to Glances?