Windows Performance Monitor Alternatives

Windows Performance Monitor is described as 'You can use Windows Performance Monitor to examine how programs you run affect your computer's performance, both in real time and by collecting log data for later analysis' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Windows Performance Monitor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Windows Performance Monitor alternative is Resources, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windows Performance Monitor are Process Monitor, Task Manager, BPYTOP and Pachtop.

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  1. Resources icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
    • Resources is the most popular Linux alternative to Windows Performance Monitor.

    • Resources is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Windows Performance Monitor.

    • Resources is Free and Open SourceWindows Performance Monitor is Paid and Proprietary
    • Resources is Privacy focused and LightweightWindows Performance Monitor is not according to our users
  2. 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
     
    • Process Monitor is the most popular Windows alternative to Windows Performance Monitor.

    • Process Monitor is Free and ProprietaryWindows Performance Monitor is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Task Manager icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. BPYTOP icon
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    Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

    Python port of bashtop.

    11 BPYTOP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
    • BPYTOP is the most popular Mac alternative to Windows Performance Monitor.

    • BPYTOP is Free and Open SourceWindows Performance Monitor is Paid and Proprietary
  5. Pachtop icon
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    Pachtop is a lightweight, performant, and opensource system monitor that provides real-time monitoring of your system's performance, application monitoring, and detailed system information. Built with Rust and Tauri

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  6. Ctop icon
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    Top-like interface for container metrics. ctop provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers as well as a single container view for inspecting a specific container.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
     
  7. gtop icon
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    System monitoring dashboard for terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Resource Monitor is a system application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to view information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time.

    50 Resource Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Performance Monitor is a small program that shows you the CPU, Memory, Disk and Network utilization under Windows NT platforms (2000, XP, Vista, Win 7, etc...).

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    A Qt based, self-contained (AppImage) tool that mimics the functionality of Windows 10 Task Manager's performance and process tab under Linux. It enables to oversee systemwide CPU, RAM, Disk I/O and Network utilization per device and per process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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