Process Hacker Alternatives for Mac

Process Hacker is not available for Mac but there are some 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 Hacker and ten of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Process Hacker are Glances, vtop, Atmonitor and StatusPilatus.

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Process Hacker alternatives page was last updated Dec 2, 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...

    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

    Features

    1.  Runs on command line
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Portable
    5.  Ad-free
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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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    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
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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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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    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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  5. Atmonitor icon
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    Atmonitor

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    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.

    63 Atmonitor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Atmonitor Features

    1.  Memory usage
    2.  Network speed monitor
    3.  In built video player
    4.  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.

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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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    Discontinued

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

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  7. TaskExplorer icon
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    TaskExplorer

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    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!.

    18 TaskExplorer alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    iPulse

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    Using its concise and appealing user interface, iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of OS X on your desktop, menu bar or Dock.

    58 iPulse alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    iPulse Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
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  10. MagicanLite icon
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    MagicanLite

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    Magican Lite is a free system monitor utility.

    It could help users monitor CPU and memory usage, watch on download and upload speed and detect temperature of CPU and GPU from the tiny and flexible floating window.

    Besides just displaying the top eight processes’ usage of CPU a.

    51 MagicanLite alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    MagicanLite Features

    1.  CPU Monitoring
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
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    Discontinued

    The company seems to be abandoned: no news since 2013. Last version, 1.0.0, released in April 2012, can be still downloaded from Apple Appstore.

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  11. ProcessSpy icon
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    ProcessSpy

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    Monitor macOS processes like a pro.

    52 ProcessSpy alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
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  12. macmon

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    Sudoless performance monitoring for Apple Silicon processors. CPU / GPU / RAM usage, power consumption & temperature.

    47 macmon alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  No registration required
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Hardware Monitoring
    7.  GPU Monitoring
    8.  Performance Monitoring
    9.  CPU Monitoring
    10.  RAM Monitoring
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