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, Pachtop, KSysGuard and GNOME System Monitor.

More about Process Monitor
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Alternatives
Process Monitor alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Resources icon

    Resources

     28 likes

    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.

    130 Resources alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Linux Mobile
    • Global
    Resources screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  2. Glances icon

    Glances

     71 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.

    77 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
    Glances screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
    |
    2
  4. Pachtop icon

    Pachtop

     8 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

    64 Pachtop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • PH flagPhilippines
    Dashboard Real-time Metrics The dashboard shows real-time metrics of your system. Metrics include CPU usage, RAM usage, Swap usage, Disk usage, and Network usage.
    Good alternative?
     
  5. KSysGuard icon

    KSysGuard

     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

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
    KSysGuard screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
    |
    1
  8. SystemTap icon

    SystemTap

     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

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Linux
    SystemTap screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  9. BPYTOP icon

    BPYTOP

     12 likes

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

    Python port of bashtop.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Main
    Good alternative?
     
  10. S

    strace

     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.

    17 strace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • RU flagRussia
    strace screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  11. F

    ftrace

     2 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
  13. Linux Process Explorer icon

    Linux Process Explorer

     10 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Linux process explorer on ubuntu
    Good alternative?
     
    |
    1
  14. MATE System Monitor icon

    MATE System Monitor

     1 like

    System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenIndiana
    • GhostBSD
    • Global
    A screenshot of mate-system-monitor running on Fedora 37.
    Good alternative?
     
12 of 26 Process Monitor alternatives