iPulse Alternatives

iPulse is described as 'Using its concise and appealing user interface, iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of OS X on your desktop, menu bar or Dock' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 50 alternatives to iPulse for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best iPulse alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like iPulse are Rainmeter, htop, System Informer and Stats.

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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 alternatives page was last updated Mar 5, 2025
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  1. Process Explorer icon
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    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...

    76 Process Explorer alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Explorer Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Affinity Mask
    4.  Portable
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    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to iPulse.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to iPulse.

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryiPulse is Paid and Proprietary
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    Rainmeter

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    Transform your Windows desktop with customizable skins for displaying system resources, weather updates, RSS feeds, and more. Community-driven, Rainmeter offers real-time data monitoring, enhanced aesthetics, and privacy-focused features. Its portable design requires no installation and includes a dark mode.

    33 Rainmeter alternatives
    Rainmeter screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Widgets
    2.  Customize skin
    3.  CPU Monitoring
    4.  Custom widgets
    5.  Live Wallpapers
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Hardware Monitoring
    9.  Desktop Widget
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Colored Text
    12.  Support for Multiple Monitors
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    Rainmeter VS iPulse

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    • Rainmeter is the most popular Open Source alternative to iPulse.

    • Rainmeter is Free and Open SourceiPulse is Paid and Proprietary
    • Rainmeter is Customizable and LightweightiPulse is not according to our users
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    htop

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    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
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Customizable
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Runs on command line
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Portable
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    htop VS iPulse

    Is htop a good alternative to iPulse?
     

    • htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to iPulse.

    • htop is Free and Open SourceiPulse is Paid and Proprietary
    • htop is LightweightiPulse is not according to our users
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    System Informer

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    A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Official successor to Process Hacker.

    48 System Informer alternatives
    Main window - Processes Tab

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Services Tab
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    Disk Tab

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  I/O Monitoring
    2.  Disk Monitoring
    3.  Process Monitoring
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Performance Monitoring
    7.  Portable
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Website Monitoring
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Integrated Virus scanner
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  6. Stats icon
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    Stats

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    Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.

    71 Stats alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    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
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  7. Mission Center icon
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    Mission Center

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

    108 Mission Center alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Mission Center screenshot 1
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    +9
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    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
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  9. Uwidgets icon
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    Uwidgets

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    Bring MacOS 15 inspired interactive and customizable widgets on your Windows Home Screen. Comes with realtime blur as in Original MacOS.

    32 Uwidgets alternatives
    Uwidgets screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Uwidgets Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Widgets
    3.  Custom widgets
    Uwidgets screenshot 1
    Uwidgets screenshot 2
    +5
    Uwidgets screenshot 3
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  10. iStat Menus icon
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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).

    74 iStat Menus alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    iStat Menus screenshot 1
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    +1
    iStat Menus screenshot 3

    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
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    iStat Menus VS iPulse

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    • iStat Menus is the most popular iPhone alternative to iPulse.

    • iStat Menus is the most popular commercial alternative to iPulse.

    • iStat Menus is Paid and ProprietaryiPulse is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Process Monitor

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    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...

    53 Process Monitor alternatives
    Main Screen

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Monitor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Activity history
    Process detail
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  12. Resources icon
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    Resources

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    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.

    111 Resources alternatives
    Resources screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Resources screenshot 1
    Resources screenshot 2
    +1
    Resources screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Memory Monitoring
    4.  Storage Monitoring
    5.  No registration required
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  CPU Monitoring
    10.  GPU Monitoring
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  13. Glances icon
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    Glances

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    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.

    64 Glances alternatives
    Glances screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Glances screenshot 1
    Glances screenshot 2
    +1
    Glances screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Filesystem
    4.  Custom Plugins
    5.  Website Monitoring
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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 an...

    51 appstat alternatives
    appstat screenshot 1

    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
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