KillSwitch AlternativesProcess Management Tools and other similar apps like KillSwitch

KillSwitch is described as 'Advanced system monitoring tool that part of Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) it allows users to identify, monitor and stop potentially unsafe processes that are running on endpoint systems. Uniquely for a product of its type, KillSwitch leverages Comodo&#39' and is a process management tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to KillSwitch for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best KillSwitch alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like KillSwitch are htop, System Informer, Mission Center and Resources.

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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...

    74 Process Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to KillSwitch.

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

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryKillSwitch is also Free and Proprietary
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • htop is the most popular Linux alternative to KillSwitch.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to KillSwitch.

    • htop is Free and Open SourceKillSwitch is Free and Proprietary
    • htop is LightweightKillSwitch is not according to our users
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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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...

    55 Process Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    Task Manager

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    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...

    70 Task Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • Glances is the most popular Mac alternative to KillSwitch.

    • Glances is Free and Open SourceKillSwitch is Free and Proprietary
    • Glances is LightweightKillSwitch is not according to our users
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    SystemExplorer

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    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.

    53 SystemExplorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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    Chrome Reaper

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    Automatically ends browser processes in Chrome or Chromium using too much CPU, including tabs, extensions, subframes, renderers, and even background scripts, to prevent resource drain, combat cryptomining, boost stability, and maintain smooth browsing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
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    Little File Explorer

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    Little File Explorer, previous known as Simple File Explorer, is a simple file explorer, designed with compatibility in mind.

    65 Little File Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
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    • Little File Explorer is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to KillSwitch.

    • Little File Explorer is Free and Open SourceKillSwitch is Free and Proprietary
    • Little File Explorer is Lightweight, Minimalistic and Privacy focusedKillSwitch is not according to our users
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