PowerTOP Alternatives

PowerTOP is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PowerTOP for Linux, Mac, Windows, Flathub and PortableApps.com. The best PowerTOP alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like PowerTOP are Activity Monitor, Mission Center, TLP – Linux Advanced Power Management and Slimbook Battery.

PowerTOP alternatives are mainly Network Monitors but may also be Process Monitoring Tools or Battery Saver Utilities. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of PowerTOP.

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Process Explorer
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Process Monitoring Tool
Process Management Tool
Windows
PortableApps.com
74 Process Explorer alternatives
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...
- - Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to PowerTOP.
- - Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to PowerTOP.
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1. PortableProcess Explorer can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
CPU Monitoring
Affinity Mask
Comments about Process Explorer as a Alternative to PowerTOP
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Powertop is used to save power, they differ to much in its purpose.
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powertop is not just a task manager it improves and optimizes your hardware settings to reduce energy consumption.
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Activity Monitor
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Network Monitor
System Information Utility
Process Monitoring Tool
Mac
21 Activity Monitor alternatives
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.
- - Activity Monitor is the most popular Mac alternative to PowerTOP.
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Memory usage
Mission Center
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Free • Open Source
Network Monitor
Linux
Flathub
101 Mission Center alternatives
Monitor your CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU usage.
- - Mission Center is the most popular Linux alternative to PowerTOP.
- - Mission Center is the most popular Open Source alternative to PowerTOP.
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Mission Center Features
1. Ad-freeMission Center doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. Works OfflineMission Center can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
3. Dark ModeMission Center supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
CPU Monitoring
OPENGL
Memory Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
Memory usage
Disk Monitoring
TLP – Linux Advanced Power Management
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Battery Saver Utility
Linux
7 TLP – Linux Advanced Power Management alternatives
TLP brings you the benefits of advanced power management for Linux without the need to understand every technical detail. TLP comes with a default configuration already optimized for battery life, so you may just install and forget it.
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Slimbook Battery
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Free • Open Source
Battery Saver Utility
Linux
6 Slimbook Battery alternatives
Slimbook Battery 4 is the new version with new features that improves battery control and increases battery duration in laptops.
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Slimbook Battery Features
Linux-based
Battery Health
Jupiter Applet
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Free • Open Source
Linux
11 Jupiter Applet alternatives
Jupiter is a light weight power and hardware control applet for Linux. It is designed to improve battery life of a portable Linux computer by integrating with the operating system and changing parameters of the computer based on battery or powered connection.
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upower
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Free • Open Source
Linux
10 upower alternatives
UPower is an abstraction for enumerating power devices, listening to device events and querying history and statistics. Any application or service on the system can access the org.freedesktop.UPower service via the system message bus.
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cbatticon
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Free • Open Source
Linux
7 cbatticon alternatives
cbatticon is a lightweight GTK+ system tray application which tells you the state of your battery. If your battery reaches a certain point, it will pop up a message using libnotify.
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Processor Hardware Control for Linux
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Free • Open Source
Linux
9 Processor Hardware Control for Linux alternatives
Processor Hardware Control is a project to allow CPU voltage/frequency changing from userspace.
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Laptop Mode Tools
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Free • Open Source
Battery Saver Utility
Linux
13 Laptop Mode Tools alternatives
Laptop Mode Tools is a package of userspace scripts for Linux kernel "laptop mode".
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Faronics Power Save
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
11 Faronics Power Save alternatives
Faronics Power Save is an effective and reliable energy conservation tool that accurately manages energy consumption throughout ain a multiple workstation environment and significantly cuts down on energy expenditures.
- - Faronics Power Save is the most popular commercial alternative to PowerTOP.
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Network Monitor
Mac
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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...
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