psutil AlternativesSystem Information Utilities and other similar apps like psutil

psutil is described as 'Module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network, users) in a portable way by using Python, implementing many functionalities offered by command line tools such as: ps, top, df' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to psutil for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Flathub apps. The best psutil alternative is htop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like psutil are Resources, Glances, btop4win and GNOME System Monitor.

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  1. htop icon

    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...

    70 htop alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    htop Screenshot

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Runs on command line
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Works Offline
    6.  Portable

    htop VS psutil

     

    • htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to psutil.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to psutil.

    • htop is Free and Open Sourcepsutil is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is Lightweightpsutil is not according to our users
  2. Resources icon

    Resources

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Resources screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  Memory Monitoring
    3.  CPU Monitoring
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Storage Monitoring
    6.  No registration required
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  No Tracking
    10.  GPU Monitoring
    11.  CPU temperature

    Resources VS psutil

     
  4. Glances icon

    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.

    65 Glances alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Glances screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Filesystem
    4.  Custom Plugins
    5.  Website Monitoring

    Glances VS psutil

     

    • Glances is the most popular Windows alternative to psutil.

    • Glances is Free and Open Sourcepsutil is also Free and Open Source
    • Glances is Lightweightpsutil is not according to our users
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    btop4win

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    The Windows version of btop++, which is itself the re-implementation and continuation of bashtop and bpytop written in C++. A rich, featureful terminal-based resource monitor that shows usage and statistics for processor, memory, disks, network, processes and services.

    15 btop4win alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main UI showing details for a selected process (font: Terminess Powerline)

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Portable
    4.  Resource monitoring
    5.  Hardware Monitoring

    btop4win VS psutil

     
  6. GNOME System Monitor icon

    GNOME System Monitor

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

    75 GNOME System Monitor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME
    GNOME System Monitor screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Application Monitoring

    GNOME System Monitor VS psutil

     
  7. jdSystemMonitor icon

    jdSystemMonitor

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    jdSystemMonitor screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  CPU Monitoring
    6.  Hardware Monitoring

    jdSystemMonitor VS psutil

     
  9. Usage icon

    Usage

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    System Activity Monitor for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Customizable, precise, and lightweight apps to keep an eye on the activity and performance of your devices.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Usage screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Battery level report
    6.  Network activity
    7.  Computer monitoring
    8.  Performance Monitoring
    9.  Hardware Monitoring
    10.  Battery Health
    11.  iOS widget
    12.  Stats

    Usage VS psutil

     

    • Usage is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to psutil.

    • Usage is Freemium and Proprietarypsutil is Free and Open Source
    • Usage is Lightweight and Privacy focusedpsutil is not according to our users
  10. Resource Monitor icon

    Resource Monitor

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    Resource Monitor is a system application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to view information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time.

    49 Resource Monitor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Resource Monitor screenshot 1

    Resource Monitor Features

    1.  Performance Monitoring
    2.  Hardware Monitoring

    Resource Monitor VS psutil

     
  11. nmon icon

    nmon

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    This systems administrator, tuner, benchmark tool gives you a huge amount of important performance information in one go. It can output the data in two ways

    16 nmon alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Showing CPU/RAM/Disk utilisation , among other things

    nmon Features

    1.  Persistent History
    2.  Filesystem

    nmon VS psutil

     
  12. Atop icon

    Atop

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    An advanced interactive monitor for Linux-systems to view the load on system-level and process-level.

    15 Atop alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Atop screenshot 1

    Atop Features

    1.  Persistent History
    2.  Hardware Monitoring

    Atop VS psutil

     
  13. Ctop icon

    Ctop

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    Top-like interface for container metrics. ctop provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers as well as a single container view for inspecting a specific container.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
    App in action

    Ctop Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2. Docker icon  Support for Docker
    3.  CPU Monitoring

    Ctop VS psutil

     
  14. Linux Process Explorer icon

    Linux Process Explorer

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Linux process explorer on ubuntu

    Linux Process Explorer VS psutil

     
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