MATE System Monitor AlternativesProcess Management Tools and other similar apps like MATE System Monitor

MATE System Monitor is described as 'System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources' and is a process management tool in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to MATE System Monitor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best MATE System Monitor alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like MATE System Monitor are htop, Process Monitor, appstat and Glances.

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MATE System Monitor alternatives page was last updated Mar 5, 2025
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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...

    72 Process Explorer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Explorer Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Affinity Mask
    4.  Portable

    Process Explorer VS MATE System Monitor

     
    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to MATE System Monitor.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to MATE System Monitor.

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryMATE System Monitor 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...

    71 htop alternatives

    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

    htop VS MATE System Monitor

     
    • htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to MATE System Monitor.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to MATE System Monitor.

    • htop is Free and Open SourceMATE System Monitor is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is LightweightMATE System Monitor is not according to our users
  3. 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...

    53 Process Monitor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Monitor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Activity history

    Process Monitor VS MATE System Monitor

     
  4. 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.

    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

    appstat VS MATE System Monitor

     
  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.

    65 Glances alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    Glances VS MATE System Monitor

     
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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...

    67 Windows Task Manager alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    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

    Windows Task Manager VS MATE System Monitor

     
  7. Process Lasso icon
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    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.

    40 Process Lasso alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  Affinity Mask

    Process Lasso VS MATE System Monitor

     
  8. 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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    vtop Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Vim Key Mapping

    vtop VS MATE System Monitor

     
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    Easy to use application for monitoring and controlling running processes.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Xfce Task Manager VS MATE System Monitor

     
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    System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

    80 GNOME System Monitor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Application Monitoring

    GNOME System Monitor VS MATE System Monitor

     
  11. StatusPilatus icon
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    Monitor your PC like never before!.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last real update to the app was in January 2019, no new versions are planned.

    StatusPilatus Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring

    StatusPilatus VS MATE System Monitor

     
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    "My Files" manages all the files on your smartphone, just like a file explorer on your computer.

    142 Samsung My Files alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • KR flagSouth Korea

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    Samsung My Files VS MATE System Monitor

     
    • Samsung My Files is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to MATE System Monitor.

    • Samsung My Files is Free and ProprietaryMATE System Monitor is Free and Open Source
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