SystemExplorer Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to SystemExplorer for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to SystemExplorer and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to SystemExplorer are System Informer, Process Monitor, Glances and Task Manager.

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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...

    84 Process Explorer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
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  2. 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...

    59 Process Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. Glances icon
     69 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.

    71 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Task Manager icon
     68 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...

    80 Task Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. appstat icon
     9 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 analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Pachtop icon
     6 likes

    Pachtop is a lightweight, performant, and opensource system monitor that provides real-time monitoring of your system's performance, application monitoring, and detailed system information. Built with Rust and Tauri

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  7. Task Manager DeLuxe (TMX) is based on MiTeC System Information Component Suite and offers powerful features available in standard Windows Task Manager in lightweight portable package with many more enhancements.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. TaskInfo icon
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    TaskInfo is a poweful utility that combines and improves features of Task Manager and System Information tools. It visually monitors (in text and graphical forms) different types of system information in any Windows system (95, 98, ME, NT 4.

    44 TaskInfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Task Explorer is an advanced Task Manager tool with emphasis on, not just monitoring what applications are running, but on finding out what applications are doing. The UI focuses on expedience and getting real time data of what the processes are doing at any given moment.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. KillSwitch icon
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    KillSwitch is an advanced system monitoring tool that is apart of Comodo Cleaning Essentials (CCE) it allows users to identify, monitor and stop potentially unsafe processes that are running on endpoint systems. Uniquely for a product of its type, KillSwitch leverages Comodo&#39.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. This tool controls programs, disk, CPU. Replace task manager, tweak and tune up XP or Vista. Speed up windows startup. Get rid of spyware and viruses.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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