SystemExplorer AlternativesProcess Monitoring & Process Management Tools like SystemExplorer

SystemExplorer is described as 'System Explorer is an enhanced Taskmanager that provides detailed information about running processes, startup programs, IE add-ons (BHOs), drivers, services network connections, system resources and more' and is a popular process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to SystemExplorer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best SystemExplorer alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like SystemExplorer are Process Hacker, htop, System Informer and Process Monitor.

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System Explorer is an enhanced Taskmanager that provides detailed information about running processes, startup programs, IE add-ons (BHOs), drivers, services network connections, system resources and more.

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SystemExplorer alternatives page was last updated Mar 5, 2025
  1. Process Explorer icon
     764 likes

    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...

    76 Process Explorer alternatives
    Process Explorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Explorer Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Affinity Mask
    4.  Portable
    Process Explorer iconSystemExplorer Icon

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    Comments about Process Explorer as an Alternative to SystemExplorer
     
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    Has a many more options. Can save and load View\Column set, i.e., how it is viewed, can switch between to your different custom view setting\Column set.

    Positive commentNov 12, 2019
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    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to SystemExplorer.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to SystemExplorer.

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietarySystemExplorer is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Process Hacker icon
     325 likes

    A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.

    51 Process Hacker alternatives
    Process Hacker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Hacker Features

    1.  Disk Monitoring
    2.  I/O Monitoring
    3.  CPU Monitoring
    4.  Process Monitoring
    5.  Granular Detail on Processes
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The last update is from 2018, and it has now been replaced by System Informer icon System Informer.

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    • Process Hacker is the most popular Open Source alternative to SystemExplorer.

    • Process Hacker is Free and Open SourceSystemExplorer is Free and Proprietary
  3. htop icon
     261 likes

    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...

    72 htop alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    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 iconSystemExplorer Icon

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

    • htop is Free and Open SourceSystemExplorer is Free and Proprietary
    • htop is LightweightSystemExplorer is not according to our users
  4. System Informer icon
     37 likes

    A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Official successor to Process Hacker.

    48 System Informer alternatives
    Main window - Processes Tab

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  I/O Monitoring
    2.  Disk Monitoring
    3.  Process Monitoring
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Performance Monitoring
    7.  Portable
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  No registration required
    10.  Website Monitoring
    11.  No Tracking
    12.  Integrated Virus scanner
    System Informer iconSystemExplorer Icon

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  5. Process Monitor icon
     157 likes

    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...

    53 Process Monitor alternatives
    Main Screen

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Monitor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Activity history
    Process Monitor iconSystemExplorer Icon

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  6. Mission Center icon
     14 likes

    Monitor your CPU, Memory, Disk, Network and GPU usage.

    108 Mission Center alternatives
    Mission Center screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Memory Monitoring
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Disk Monitoring
    10.  GPU Monitoring
    11.  OPENGL
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  7. Resources icon
     15 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.

    111 Resources alternatives
    Resources screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

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

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  8. Glances icon
     61 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.

    64 Glances alternatives
    Glances screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

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  9. Windows Task Manager icon
     63 likes

    Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network...

    73 Windows Task Manager alternatives
    Windows Task Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  Bundled with Windows
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Dark Mode
    Windows Task Manager iconSystemExplorer Icon

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  10. appstat icon
     5 likes

    Real-time monitoring of CPU, memory, disk, and thread metrics for running applications without workflow interruptions. Identify resource bottlenecks, memory leaks, and performance spikes. Freeware with no registration required, featuring dark/light modes, always-on-top option, and exportable logs for team an...

    51 appstat alternatives
    appstat screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Resource monitoring
    6.  CPU Monitoring
    7.  Memory Monitoring
    8.  Metrics
    9.  On top
    10.  Export to CSV
    11.  Disk Monitoring
    appstat iconSystemExplorer Icon

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  11. Little File Explorer icon
     5 likes

    Little File Explorer, previous known as Simple File Explorer, is a simple file explorer, designed with compatibility in mind.

    62 Little File Explorer alternatives
    Little File Explorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Small-footprint
    5.  Low memory usage
    6.  Lower Resource Computer support
    7.  Low CPU usage
    8.  Minimum system resource usage
    9.  Low resource footprint
    10.  MD5 signature
    11.  Checksums verification
    12.  Low-Ram Usage
    Little File Explorer iconSystemExplorer Icon

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    • Little File Explorer is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to SystemExplorer.

    • Little File Explorer is Free and Open SourceSystemExplorer is Free and Proprietary
    • Little File Explorer is Lightweight and Privacy focusedSystemExplorer is not according to our users
  12. Xfce Task Manager icon
     13 likes

    Easy to use application for monitoring and controlling running processes.

    66 Xfce Task Manager alternatives
    Xfce4 Task Manager v1.1.0

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    Xfce Task Manager iconSystemExplorer Icon

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