Process Explorer Alternatives for Linux

Process Explorer is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is htop, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Process Explorer and 18 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Process Explorer are Glances, btop, KSysGuard and GNOME System Monitor.

Process Explorer alternatives are mainly Process Management Tools but may also be Process Monitoring Tools or System Information Utilities. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Process Explorer.

Process Explorer

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Process Monitoring Tool

Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists...

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htop
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Free • Open Source
Process Management Tool
Process Monitoring Tool
Mac
Linux
BSD
67 htop alternatives
htop is an interactive process viewer for Linux. It is a text-mode application (for console or X terminals) and requires ncurses. htop is an interactive top replacement that runs in the terminal. The available columns are: PID, STATE, PPID, PGRP, SESSION, TTY_NR, TPGID, MINFLT...
- - htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Process Explorer.
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htop Features
1. Lightweighthtop consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Command line interfacehtop either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
3. Portablehtop can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
4. Ad-freehtop doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Runs on command line
Performance Monitoring
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Glances
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Free • Open Source
Process Management Tool
Process Monitoring Tool
Network Monitor
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
58 Glances alternatives
Glances is a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a large amount of monitoring information through a curses or Web based interface. The information dynamically adapts depending on the size of the user interface.
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Glances Features
1. Command line interfaceGlances either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. LightweightGlances consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Website MonitoringGlances can detect and resolve website performance issues proactively.
Hardware Monitoring
Filesystem
Custom Plugins
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Nicer feel than htop Could not use procexp (linux process explorer) because project have not been updated for a year (last was june 2016) and my system can't install some obscure dependency
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btop
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Free • Open Source
Process Management Tool
Process Monitoring Tool
Mac
Linux
FreeBSD
21 btop alternatives
Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.
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btop Features
1. Ad-freebtop doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. Command line interfacebtop either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
3. Lightweightbtop consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
RAM Monitoring
CPU Monitoring
Resource monitoring
KSysGuard
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Free • Open Source
Linux
KDE
22 KSysGuard alternatives
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.
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KSysGuard Features
Hardware Monitoring
CPU Monitoring
History graphs
Discontinued
This app is unmaintained and no longer released by the KDE community.
GNOME System Monitor
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Free • Open Source
Process Monitoring Tool
Process Management Tool
Task Management Tool
Linux
BSD
GNOME
74 GNOME System Monitor alternatives
System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.
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GNOME System Monitor Features
1. Ad-freeGNOME System Monitor doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. LightweightGNOME System Monitor consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Dark ModeGNOME System Monitor supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
Application Monitoring
vtop
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Free • Open Source
Process Monitoring Tool
Process Management Tool
System Information Utility
Mac
Linux
BSD
44 vtop alternatives
vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.
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vtop Features
1. Command line interfacevtop either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Terminal-based
Hardware Monitoring
Vim key mapping
Resources
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Free • Open Source
Linux
Flathub
102 Resources alternatives
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. It's capable of displaying usage and details of your CPU, memory, GPUs, network interfaces and block devices.
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Resources Features
Hardware Monitoring
Memory usage
Storage Monitoring
CPU Monitoring
Memory Monitoring
StatusPilatus
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Network Monitor
Mac
Windows
Linux
54 StatusPilatus alternatives
Monitor your PC like never before!.
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StatusPilatus Features
Hardware Monitoring
Discontinued
Last real update to the app was in January 2019, no new versions are planned.
Xfce Task Manager
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Free • Open Source
Process Management Tool
Linux
61 Xfce Task Manager alternatives
Easy to use application for monitoring and controlling running processes.
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Linux Process Explorer
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Free • Open Source
Linux
19 Linux Process Explorer alternatives
Linux process explorer, behaves the same as the windows process explorer from Mark Russinovich.
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PowerTOP
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Free • Open Source
Linux
14 PowerTOP alternatives
PowerTOP is a 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...
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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.
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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