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. Monitorets icon
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    Monitorets is a small utility application offering a simple and quick view at the usage of several of your computer resources. Almost like an applet or a widget for your Linux desktop.

    Cost / License

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. Security Process Explorer

    Give you detailed information about each and every process.

    Indicate whether a process is safe or not.

    Allow you to terminate process with a single click.

    Let you block any unwanted processes or malware.

    Simpl.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. Loading icon
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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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    • Mac
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  4. Python System Monitor (Psymon) is a cross-platform, task and performance monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Kiwi application monitor is a small program which lets you monitor your applications/processes, Windows and User activity...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Linproman icon
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    Process manager for Linux desktop environments, able to show process- and system-details and also run scripts on combineable process- and systemevents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. WhoLockMe icon
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    Have you ever bored by this Windows message : "Error Deleting File or Folder, ... There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.", when you try to delete, move or rename a file?

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer
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  8.  2 likes

    This PSmisc package is a set of some small useful utilities that use the proc filesystem. We're not about changing the world, but providing the system administrator with some help in common tasks. There is options for using SELinux if you need it and fuser understands IPv6.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Pserv icon
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    pserv.cpl is a Windows Control Panel Applet that

    Allows you to -control all NT services and devices -uninstall applications -replace eventviewer -replace task manager -connect to remote machines.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. With ProcessScanner Uniblue takes the perspiration and guesswork out of researching the processes running on your PC. ProcessScanner not only generates a detailed list of the items already running on your PC, it then goes on to give you valuable information as to the programs...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. PrcView icon
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    PrcView is a process viewer utility that displays detailed information about processes running under Windows. For each process it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each DLL it shows full path and version information.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. The Activity Monitor alternative for Mac: groups every process under its app, so you see 60 apps instead of 1,000 processes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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