Process Monitor AlternativesProcess Monitoring Tools and other similar apps like Process Monitor

Apps similar to Process Monitor include Resources, which is free and open source. Other options are Process Lasso, Glances, SystemExplorer and KSysGuard. Process Management Tools like Process Monitor are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and self-hosting.

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  1. Resources icon
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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.

    128 Resources alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Linux Mobile
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  2. Process Lasso icon
     71 likes

    Real-time process and CPU affinity optimization utility with ProBalance technology to preserve responsiveness. Automates rules, power schemes, and core selection. Mitigates system slowdowns, enables persistent affinities, watchdog monitoring, and instance limits, running lightweight.

    46 Process Lasso alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  3. Glances icon
     70 likes

    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.

    74 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. SystemExplorer icon
     97 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  5. KSysGuard icon
     29 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
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  6. Pachtop icon
     7 likes

    Pachtop is a lightweight, performant, and opensource system monitor that provides real-time monitoring of your system's performance, application monitoring, and detailed system information. Built with Rust and Tauri

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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  7. SystemTap icon
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    SystemTap provides free software (GPL) infrastructure to simplify the gathering of information about the running Linux system. This assists diagnosis of a performance or functional problem. SystemTap eliminates the need for the developer to go through the tedious and disruptive...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. BPYTOP icon
     12 likes

    Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

    Python port of bashtop.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. TaskInfo icon
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    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.

    45 TaskInfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. This tool controls programs, disk, CPU. Replace task manager, tweak and tune up XP or Vista. Speed up windows startup. Get rid of spyware and viruses.

    47 AnVir Task Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. SpyStudio icon
     19 likes

    SpyStudio is the best product to trace user-mode API calls on Windows. SpyStudio is an Application tracer which shows and interprets calls, displaying the results in a structured way which is easy for any IT professional to understand.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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