Resource Monitor Alternatives

Resource Monitor is described as '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' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Resource Monitor for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best Resource Monitor alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Resource Monitor are htop, System Informer, btop++ and Mission Center.

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  1. nmon icon
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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

    21 nmon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Atop icon
     7 likes

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

    18 Atop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3.  8 likes

    Linux has always been able to show how much I/O was going on (the bi and bo columns of the vmstat 1 command).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. LXTask icon
     5 likes

    LXTask is the standard task manager and system monitor of LXDE. It starts via Ctrl+Alt+Del and is extremely lightweight.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. Performance Monitor is a small program that shows you the CPU, Memory, Disk and Network utilization under Windows NT platforms (2000, XP, Vista, Win 7, etc...).

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  6. A manager for tasks on the Android platform. An excellent task manager & killer. It can also optimize memory, storage, & cache. It integrates well with ES File Explorer & users can easily switch between the two apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
     
  7.  1 like

    Glsof is two separate utilities (Queries & FileMonitor) to the command line utility Lsof by Vic Abell. Both applications are written in Java. Another fundamental requirement is the command line Lsof that has to be installed on your system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Yet Another (remote) Process Monitor (YAPM) is a powerful application that allows to view and manage your running tasks, processes, threads, modules...etc. and your services on a local or on a remote machine.

    51 Yet Another (remote) Process Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. iPulse icon
     5 likes

    Visualizes live CPU, memory, network, disk, battery, and wireless usage on macOS using a compact, customizable interface, blending data graphically and textually on desktop, menu bar, or Dock, with Retina support, hotkeys, and minimal system impact.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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