Task Manager Alternatives for Linux

Task Manager is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is htop, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Task Manager and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Task Manager are Mission Center, witr, Glances and Resources.

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Task Manager alternatives are mainly Process Management Tools, but if you're looking for Process Monitoring Tools or System Information Utilities you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux and Windows. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Task Manager.
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  1. htop icon
     282 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...

    76 htop alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    htop vs Task Manager Comments
    Nickname
    Negative
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    Users coming from Windows could be scared of, its a Terminal application and different to use. Although a good application overall

    • htop is Free and Open SourceTask Manager is Free and Proprietary
  2. Mission Center icon
     28 likes

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

    122 Mission Center alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
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    Mission Center vs Task Manager Comments
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    Positive
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    Looks very similar to Task Manager, can be what users expect as a Taskmanager replacement.

    • Mission Center is Free and Open SourceTask Manager is Free and Proprietary
    • Mission Center is Privacy focusedTask Manager is not according to our users
  3. witr icon
     16 likes

    CLI diagnostic tool for tracing processes and their causal ancestry, explaining origins, supervising service, context like directories and containers, risk signals, with support for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, platform-specific inspection, JSON output, and open licensing.

    26 witr alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
  4. 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.

    70 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. Resources icon
     25 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.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  6. Stacer icon
     58 likes

    Stacer is an open source system optimizer and application monitor that helps users to manage entire system with different aspects, its an all in one system utility.

    31 Stacer alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Stacer vs Task Manager Comments
    JohnDangerbrooks
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    Why is Stacer listed as a Task Manager alternative? They aren't even barely similar.

    • Stacer is Free and Open SourceTask Manager is Free and Proprietary
  7. KSysGuard icon
     27 likes

    KSysGuard, also known as KDE System Guard and KDE System Monitor, is designed to make simple process control available to a user without needing to do any special setup - the defaults are usually perfectly adequate.

    36 KSysGuard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
  8. 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
     
  9. BPYTOP icon
     12 likes

    Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

    Python port of bashtop.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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