Process Explorer Alternatives

Process Explorer is described as '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' and is a leading process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Process Explorer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Process Explorer alternative is htop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Process Explorer are System Informer, btop++, Mission Center and Resources.

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Process Explorer alternatives are mainly Process Management Tools, but if you're looking for Process Monitoring Tools or System Information Utilities you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Android and Linux. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Process Explorer.
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  1. KSysGuard icon
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    KSysGuard, also known as KDE System Guard and KDE System Monitor, is designed to make simple process control available to a user without needing to do any special setup - the defaults are usually perfectly adequate.

    36 KSysGuard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
  2. Task Manager DeLuxe (TMX) is based on MiTeC System Information Component Suite and offers powerful features available in standard Windows Task Manager in lightweight portable package with many more enhancements.

    20 MiTeC Task Manager Deluxe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    MiTeC Task Manager Deluxe vs Process Explorer Comments
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    Great features with very good interface..

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • MiTeC Task Manager Deluxe is Paid and ProprietaryProcess Explorer is Free and Proprietary
    • MiTeC Task Manager Deluxe is LightweightProcess Explorer is not according to our users
  3. Pachtop icon
     5 likes

    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

    59 Pachtop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  4. gotop icon
     8 likes

    ca. 2020-01-25 The original author of gotop started a new tool in Rust, called ytop, and deprecated his Go version. This repository is a fork of original gotop project with a new maintainer to keep the project alive and growing.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Task Explorer is an advanced Task Manager tool with emphasis on, not just monitoring what applications are running, but on finding out what applications are doing. The UI focuses on expedience and getting real time data of what the processes are doing at any given moment.

    16 TaskExplorer by DavidXanatos alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. btop4win icon
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    The Windows version of btop++, which is itself the re-implementation and continuation of bashtop and bpytop written in C++. A rich, featureful terminal-based resource monitor that shows usage and statistics for processor, memory, disks, network, processes and services.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. TaskExplorer icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. 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.

    56 Resource Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. ytop icon
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    A TUI system monitor written in Rust. Contribute to cjbassi/ytop development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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