Process Explorer Alternatives

Apps similar to Process Explorer include htop, which is free and open source. Other options are System Informer, btop++, witr and Mission Center. Process Management Tools like Process Explorer are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone.

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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Historical resource monitoring, powerful controls for managing troublesome apps, and detailed visibility into hidden behavior that impacts your PC’s performance, privacy, and security.

    32 AppControl for Windows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. 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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  4. Sysprof icon
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    Find and fix performance problems.

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    • Linux
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  5. TaskInfo icon
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    TaskInfo is a poweful utility that combines and improves features of Task Manager and System Information tools. It visually monitors (in text and graphical forms) different types of system information in any Windows system (95, 98, ME, NT 4.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. Linux process explorer, behaves the same as the windows process explorer from Mark Russinovich.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. What's Running is a product that gives you an inside look into your Windows system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. macmon icon
     3 likes

    Get real-time Apple Silicon performance data without sudo, including CPU, GPU, RAM usage, power and temperature metrics, per-cluster utilization, RAM and swap stats, historical charts, color themes, and detailed system information directly via CLI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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  9. Sloth icon
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    Sloth is a Mac application that displays all open files and sockets in use by all running processes on your system. This makes it easy to inspect which apps are using which files and sockets.

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    • Mac
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  10. Atmonitor icon
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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 type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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