Process Hacker Alternatives for Linux

Process Hacker 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 Hacker and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Process Hacker are Resources, Mission Center, Glances and KSysGuard.

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Process Hacker alternatives page was last updated Jul 9, 2024
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  1. htop icon
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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...

    72 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

    Features

    1.  Runs on command line
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  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
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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.

    109 Resources alternatives
    Resources screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Memory Monitoring
    4.  Storage Monitoring
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  No registration required
    8.  No Tracking
    9.  CPU Monitoring
    10.  GPU Monitoring
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  4. 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
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    +9
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    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Memory Monitoring
    8.  Hardware Monitoring
    9.  Disk Monitoring
    10.  OPENGL
    11.  GPU Monitoring
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  5. 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
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    +1
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Filesystem
    4.  Custom Plugins
    5.  Website Monitoring
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  6. KSysGuard icon
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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
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE

    KSysGuard Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  History graphs
    Discontinued

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

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  7. GNOME System Monitor icon
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    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.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Application Monitoring
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    +3
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  9. vtop icon
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    vtop

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

    47 vtop alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    vtop Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Vim key mapping
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  10. Xfce Task Manager icon
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    Xfce Task Manager

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    Easy to use application for monitoring and controlling running processes.

    64 Xfce Task Manager alternatives
    Xfce4 Task Manager v1.1.0

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
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  11. LXTask icon
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    LXTask

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    LXTask is the standard task manager and system monitor of LXDE. It starts via Ctrl+Alt+Del and is extremely lightweight.

    60 LXTask alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. StatusPilatus icon
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    StatusPilatus

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    Monitor your PC like never before!.

    57 StatusPilatus alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    StatusPilatus Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
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    +1
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    Discontinued

    Last real update to the app was in January 2019, no new versions are planned.

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  13. Python System Monitor icon
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    Python System Monitor

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    Python System Monitor (Psymon) is a cross-platform, task and performance monitor.

    48 Python System Monitor alternatives
    Process table

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Python System Monitor Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    Detailed informations per process (look and locale support)
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.0, released in December 2011, can be still downloaded from Google Code Archive

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  14. Sysprof icon
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    Sysprof

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    Find and fix performance problems.

    47 Sysprof alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Sysprof Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Performance Monitoring
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