KSysGuard AlternativesProcess Monitoring & Process Management Tools like KSysGuard

KSysGuard is described as 'Also known as KDE System Guard and KDE System Monitor, is designed to make simple process control available to a user without needing to do any special setup - the defaults are usually perfectly adequate' and is a process monitoring tool in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to KSysGuard for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best KSysGuard alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like KSysGuard are htop, System Informer, Grafana and btop.

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KSysGuard, also known as KDE System Guard and KDE System Monitor, is designed to make simple process control available to a user without needing to do any special setup - the defaults are usually perfectly adequate.

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KSysGuard alternatives page was last updated Mar 14, 2025
  1. Process Explorer icon
     764 likes

    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
    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
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    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to KSysGuard.

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

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryKSysGuard is Free and Open Source
  2. htop icon
     259 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
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    Comments about htop as an Alternative to KSysGuard
     
    ab1

    No GPU monitoring as far as I know.

    Negative commentJun 14, 2021
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    • htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to KSysGuard.

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

    • htop is Free and Open SourceKSysGuard is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is LightweightKSysGuard is not according to our users
  3. System Informer icon
     36 likes

    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    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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  4. Grafana icon
     93 likes

    Grafana provides a powerful and elegant way to create, explore, and share dashboards and data with your team and the world.

    57 Grafana alternatives
    Grafana screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Node.JS

    Grafana Features

    1.  Web-Based
    2.  Metrics
    3.  Dashboard
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  Web interface
    6.  Data visualization
    7.  Hardware Monitoring
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    • Grafana is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to KSysGuard.

    • Grafana is Free and Open SourceKSysGuard is also Free and Open Source
  5. btop icon
     20 likes

    Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

    23 btop alternatives
    btop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  RAM Monitoring
    3.  CPU Monitoring
    4.  Resource monitoring
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Command line interface
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  No Tracking
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  6. Mission Center icon
     14 likes

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

    108 Mission Center alternatives
    Mission Center screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    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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  7. Stacer icon
     55 likes

    Stacer is an open source system optimizer and application monitor that helps users to manage entire system with different aspects, its an all in one system utility.

    27 Stacer alternatives
    Dashboard

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Stacer Features

    1.  Real-time monitoring
    2.  Services monitoring
    3.  Optimization
    Discontinued

    The last version (1.1.0) is from May 2019.

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  8. 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 iconKSysGuard Icon

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  9. Resources icon
     15 likes

    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

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    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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  10. Windows Task Manager icon
     63 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...

    73 Windows Task Manager alternatives
    Windows Task Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  Bundled with Windows
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Dark Mode
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  11. appstat icon
     5 likes

    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

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    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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  12. Process Lasso icon
     64 likes

    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.

    39 Process Lasso alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Affinity Mask
    Process Lasso iconKSysGuard Icon

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