Process Explorer Alternatives for Mac

Process Explorer is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac 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 16 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Process Explorer are Glances, btop, vtop and Atmonitor.

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.

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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
vtop
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Free • Open Source
Process Monitoring Tool
Process Management Tool
System Information Utility
Mac
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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
Atmonitor
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Free • Proprietary
Process Monitoring Tool
Network Monitor
Mac
59 Atmonitor alternatives
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.
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Atmonitor Features
Memory usage
Network speed monitor
In built video player
Hardware Monitoring
Discontinued
The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.7.1, released on August 2012, can be still downloaded from Wayback Machine.
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.
Activity Monitor
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Free • Proprietary
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.
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Activity Monitor Features
Memory usage
TaskExplorer
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Free • Proprietary
Process Monitoring Tool
System Information Utility
Mac
15 TaskExplorer alternatives
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!.
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Sloth
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Free • Open Source
Mac
2 Sloth alternatives
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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XRG
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Network Monitor
Mac
26 XRG alternatives
XRG is an open source system monitor for Mac OS X. XRG allows you to monitor CPU activity, memory usage, battery status, machine temperature, network activity, disk I/O, current weather, and stock market data.
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XRG Features
1. LightweightXRG consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Ad-freeXRG doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Memory usage
CPU Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
iPulse
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
54 iPulse alternatives
Using its concise and appealing user interface, iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of OS X on your desktop, menu bar or Dock.
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iPulse Features
Customizable
Hardware Monitoring
px
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Linux
BSD
17 px alternatives
px tells you what processes are running on your system and how they are interconnected.
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px Features
Performance Monitoring
Console-based