strace Alternatives for Windows

strace is not available for Windows but there are a few alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Process Monitor, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to strace and four of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to strace are API Monitor, Sysdig and JTracer.

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strace alternatives page was last updated Jun 18, 2021
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    Process Monitor

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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...

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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Monitor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Activity history
    Process detail
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    • Process Monitor is the most popular Windows alternative to strace.

    • Process Monitor is the most popular free alternative to strace.

    • Process Monitor is Free and Proprietarystrace is Free and Open Source
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    API Monitor

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    API Monitor is a Windows program that lets you monitor and control API calls made by applications and services. Its a powerful tool for seeing how applications and services work or for tracking down problems that you have in your own applications.

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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    API Monitor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Debugging
    Discontinued

    Last version is from 2013. See: http://www.rohitab.com/apimonitor/changelog

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    Sysdig

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    Sysdig is open source, system-level exploration: capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze. Think of it as strace + tcpdump + lsof + awesome sauce.

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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Sysdig Features

    1.  Memory Monitoring
    2.  Container monitoring
    3.  Application Monitoring
    4.  CPU Monitoring
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    JTracer

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    C++ exception (and generic) stack trace debug suite.

    6 JTracer alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Java Mobile
    • Android Tablet

    JTracer Features

    1.  C++
    2.  Debugging
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    Discontinued

    Sourceforge says "Last Update: 2020-01-05"

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    • JTracer is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to strace.

    • JTracer is Free and Open Sourcestrace is also Free and Open Source
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