Linux Process Explorer Alternatives

Linux Process Explorer is described as 'Linux process explorer, behaves the same as the windows process explorer from Mark Russinovich' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Linux Process Explorer for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Linux Process Explorer alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Linux Process Explorer are htop, Mission Center, btop and Process Monitor.

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  1. Process Explorer icon
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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

    Platforms

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

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

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryLinux Process Explorer is Free and Open Source
  2. htop icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • htop is the most popular Linux alternative to Linux Process Explorer.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to Linux Process Explorer.

    • htop is Free and Open SourceLinux Process Explorer is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is LightweightLinux Process Explorer is not according to our users
  3. btop icon
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    Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

    26 btop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
    • btop is the most popular Mac alternative to Linux Process Explorer.

    • btop is Free and Open SourceLinux Process Explorer is also Free and Open Source
    • btop is LightweightLinux Process Explorer is not according to our users
  4. Process Monitor icon
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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
     
  5. Glances icon
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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.

    67 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. appstat icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. vtop icon
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    vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. Usage icon
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    System Activity Monitor for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Customizable, precise, and lightweight apps to keep an eye on the activity and performance of your devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • Usage is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Linux Process Explorer.

    • Usage is Freemium and ProprietaryLinux Process Explorer is Free and Open Source
    • Usage is Lightweight and Privacy focusedLinux Process Explorer is not according to our users
  9. psutil icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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