Loading AlternativesNetwork Monitors and other similar apps like Loading

Loading is described as 'Your iPad and iPhone show you when apps are using your network. So why can't your Mac? Sure, there's always the Network section in Activity Monitor, but that's far from ideal. At best you can group by All Processes, Hierarchically, sort by Rcvd Bytes, and check the' and is a Network Monitor in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Loading for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Loading alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Loading are Stats, iStat Menus, BitBar and PowerTOP.

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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...

    79 Process Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

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

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

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryLoading is Free and Open Source
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    Stats

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    Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.

    74 Stats alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Stats is the most popular Mac alternative to Loading.

    • Stats is the most popular Open Source alternative to Loading.

    • Stats is Free and Open SourceLoading is also Free and Open Source
    • Stats is Lightweight and Privacy focusedLoading is not according to our users
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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

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
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    • iStat Menus is the most popular iPhone alternative to Loading.

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

    • iStat Menus is Paid and ProprietaryLoading is Free and Open Source
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    BitBar

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    The BitBar app lets you put the output from any script or program right in your Mac OS X menu bar. And it's completely free. An impressive number of plugins have already been contributed by a wide range of developers just like you, and this site makes it easy to find them.

    39 BitBar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. PowerTOP icon

    PowerTOP

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    PowerTOP is a Linux tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management. In addition to being a diagnostic tool, PowerTOP also has an interactive mode where the user can experiment various power management settings for cases where the Linux distribution has not...

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    • Linux
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    • PowerTOP is the most popular Linux alternative to Loading.

    • PowerTOP is Free and Open SourceLoading is also Free and Open Source
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    TaskExplorer

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    Explore all the tasks (processes) running on your Mac with TaskExplorer. Quickly see a task's signature status, loaded dylibs, open files, network connection, and much more!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Yet Another Framework Interface

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    YAFI is another GUI for the Framework Laptop Embedded Controller. It is written in Python with a GTK4 Adwaita theme, and uses the CrOS_EC_Python library to communicate with the EC.

    Cost / License

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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    Atmonitor

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    Mac OS X System Monitor and Process Explorer Tool atMonitor is the most advanced monitoring tool for Mac OS X that displays system activity in real-time. It is designed to allow quick assessment of computers state and it is powerful enough to make it a core utility in anyones sys.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Activity Monitor

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    Activity Monitor displays information about all the processes running on your Mac, including CPU, disk, memory, and network usage. You can see exactly how your computer’s resources are being used via a searchable table, helpful graphs, or even directly in the Dock icon.

    22 Activity Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    eul

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    macOS status monitoring app written in SwiftUI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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