Process Hacker Alternatives

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, Mission Center and Resources.

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  1. TCPView icon
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    Displays active TCP and UDP endpoints, including local and remote addresses, connection states, and owning processes. Provides real-time color-coded updates, adjustable refresh, IP resolution, and options to close connections or export data for analysis.

    16 TCPView alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. TaskExplorer icon
     7 likes

    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!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  3. vtop icon
     15 likes

    vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. TaskInfo icon
     5 likes

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. CurrPorts icon
     27 likes

    Displays all open TCP/IP and UDP ports with full process details including name, path, version, creation time, and user information. Supports closing connections, killing processes, marking suspicious ports, exporting data in multiple formats, and portable operation for network monitoring.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. KillSwitch icon
     8 likes

    KillSwitch is an advanced system monitoring tool that is apart of Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) it allows users to identify, monitor and stop potentially unsafe processes that are running on endpoint systems. Uniquely for a product of its type, KillSwitch leverages Comodo&#39.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. A free and portable process database on your Windows computer that helps you find portable applications run from anywhere.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Sysprof icon
     1 like

    Find and fix performance problems.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. ESET SysInspector is a free, state of the art diagnostic tool for Windows systems. It is also an integral part of ESET Smart Security 4 and ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4. It peers into your operating system and captures details such as running processes, registry content, startup items...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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