Process Hacker AlternativesTop Process Monitoring & Process Management Tools like Process Hacker

Process Hacker is described as 'A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware' and is a very popular process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Process Hacker for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Process Hacker alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Process Hacker are htop, System Informer, Resources and Glances.

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  1. Process Explorer icon
    Process Explorer icon

    Process Explorer

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    Process Explorer 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...

    78 Process Explorer alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Explorer Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Affinity Mask
    4.  Portable
    Process Explorer screenshot 1
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    Guest

    The Process Hacker is invasive, but process explorer no. (Virus detection)

    Positive comment •Sep 20, 2020
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    Process Explorer icon

    • Almost everyone thinks Process Explorer is a great Process Hacker alternative.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to Process Hacker.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to Process Hacker.

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryProcess Hacker is Free and Open Source
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    htop

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    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...

    71 htop alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Customizable
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Runs on command line
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Portable
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    • Almost everyone thinks htop is a great Process Hacker alternative.

    • htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Process Hacker.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to Process Hacker.

    • htop is Free and Open SourceProcess Hacker is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is LightweightProcess Hacker is not according to our users
  4. System Informer icon
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    System Informer

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    A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Official successor to Process Hacker.

    47 System Informer alternatives
    Main window - Processes Tab

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Services Tab
    Network Tab
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    Disk Tab

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  No registration required
    4.  No Tracking

    Features

    1.  I/O Monitoring
    2.  Disk Monitoring
    3.  Process Monitoring
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  Performance Monitoring
    6.  Portable
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Website Monitoring
    9.  Integrated Virus scanner
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  5. Resources icon
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    Resources

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    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.

    108 Resources alternatives
    Resources screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Resources screenshot 1
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    +1
    Resources screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  No registration required
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  System Information
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Memory Monitoring
    4.  Storage Monitoring
    5.  CPU Monitoring
    6.  Memory usage
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  GPU Monitoring
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  6. Glances icon
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    Glances

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    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.

    63 Glances alternatives
    Glances screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Glances screenshot 1
    Glances screenshot 2
    +1
    Glances screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Filesystem
    4.  Custom Plugins
    5.  Website Monitoring
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  7. Mission Center icon
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    Mission Center

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    Monitor your CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU usage.

    106 Mission Center alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Mission Center screenshot 1
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    +9
    Mission Center screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Memory Monitoring
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  Memory usage
    6.  Disk Monitoring
    7.  OPENGL
    8.  GPU Monitoring
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  9. SystemExplorer icon
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    SystemExplorer

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    System Explorer is an enhanced Taskmanager that provides detailed information about running processes, startup programs, IE add-ons (BHOs), drivers, services network connections, system resources and more.

    57 SystemExplorer alternatives
    SystemExplorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    SystemExplorer screenshot 1
    System Explorer with default settings

    SystemExplorer Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Show hidden processes
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Software Management
    5.  Autostart
    Discontinued

    While mostly functional it and its website hasn't been updated since 2017 and forums and support are gone.

    SystemExplorer iconProcess Hacker Icon

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    Clemens_Ratte_Polle

    Detects all Startup and Autostart apps

    Positive comment •Apr 21, 2022
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    • SystemExplorer is Free and ProprietaryProcess Hacker is Free and Open Source
  10. Windows Task Manager icon
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    Windows Task Manager

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    Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network...

    73 Windows Task Manager alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Bundled with Windows
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    Bananas

    process hacker has many more features and can help detect bad acting apps and malware, can also scan with virustotal

    Negative comment •Aug 31, 2020
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    • Windows Task Manager is Free and ProprietaryProcess Hacker is Free and Open Source
    • Windows Task Manager is LightweightProcess Hacker is not according to our users
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    KSysGuard

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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.

    25 KSysGuard alternatives
    KSysGuard screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking

    Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  History graphs
    Discontinued

    This app is unmaintained and no longer released by the KDE community.

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  12. GNOME System Monitor icon
    GNOME System Monitor icon

    GNOME System Monitor

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    System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

    79 GNOME System Monitor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Application Monitoring
    GNOME System Monitor screenshot 1
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  13. Tiny Watcher icon
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    Tiny Watcher

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    Lets you compare registry and file changes.

    13 Tiny Watcher alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Tiny Watcher Features

    1.  Registry repairing
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    Tiny Watcher iconProcess Hacker Icon

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  14. TCPView icon
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    TCPView

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    TCPView is a Windows program that will show you detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections.

    15 TCPView alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    TCPView Features

    1.  Portable
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