Process Monitor Alternatives for Linux

Process Monitor is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Resources, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Process Monitor and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Process Monitor are Glances, KSysGuard, BPYTOP and Pachtop.

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  1. Glances icon
     69 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.

    70 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Glances vs Process Monitor Comments
    Hiccup
    Negative
    3

    this is an alternative to process explorer, not process monitor - it displays general cpu usage etc, not system calls

    Aynyuh
    Negative
    1

    It's task manager and an alternative for Process Monitor

    • Glances is Free and Open SourceProcess Monitor is Free and Proprietary
    • Glances is LightweightProcess Monitor is not according to our users
  2. KSysGuard icon
     27 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
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    KSysGuard vs Process Monitor Comments
    Aynyuh
    Negative
    0

    It doesn't do Process Monitor functionality at all.

    • KSysGuard is Free and Open SourceProcess Monitor is Free and Proprietary
  3. BPYTOP icon
     12 likes

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

    Python port of bashtop.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Pachtop icon
     5 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)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  5. SystemTap icon
     1 like

    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
     
  6.  5 likes

    strace is a diagnostic, debugging and instructional userspace utility for Linux. It is used to monitor interactions between processes and the Linux kernel, which include system calls, signal deliveries, and changes of process state.

    15 strace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
     
  7.  2 likes

    Ftrace is an internal tracer designed to find what is going on inside the kernel.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Linux process explorer, behaves the same as the windows process explorer from Mark Russinovich.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Linux Process Explorer vs Process Monitor Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    It is a clone of Process Explorer not of Process Monitor

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Linux Process Explorer is Free and Open SourceProcess Monitor is Free and Proprietary
  9. System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenIndiana
    • GhostBSD
     
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