PSmisc Alternatives

Apps similar to PSmisc include Process Explorer, which is free. Other options are htop, Mission Center, Resources and Process Lasso. You can choose from more than 10 Process Monitoring Tools like PSmisc for Linux and Windows.

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  1. Process Explorer icon
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    Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information...

    91 Process Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  2. htop icon
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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...

    78 htop alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
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  3. Process Lasso icon
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    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.

    47 Process Lasso alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Process Monitor icon
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    Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and...

    58 Process Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  5. KSysGuard icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
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  6. jdSystemMonitor is an advanced, desktop-independent system monitor for Linux. Its goal is to provide as much information about your system as possible, with a focus on process management.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    procps is the package that has a bunch of small useful utilities that give information about processes using the /proc filesystem. The package includes the programs ps, top, vmstat, w, kill, free, slabtop, and skill.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. Originally Debian, Fedora and openSUSE fork of the procps utilities for monitoring your system and processes on your system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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