Windows Task Manager Alternatives for Linux
Windows 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 Windows Task Manager and 16 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Windows Task Manager are Stacer, Glances, KSysGuard and GNOME System Monitor.
Windows Task Manager alternatives are mainly Process Monitoring Tools but may also be Process Management Tools or System Information Utilities. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Windows Task Manager.
- Free • Proprietary
- Process Monitoring Tool
- Windows
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...
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.
DiscontinuedThe last version (1.1.0) is from May 2019.
- Free • Open Source
- Process Management Tool
- Process Monitoring Tool
- Network Monitor
52 alternatives to Glances- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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.
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.
- Free • Open Source
- Process Monitoring Tool
- Process Management Tool
- Task Management Tool
67 alternatives to GNOME System Monitor- Linux
- BSD
- GNOME
System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.
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- Free • Open Source
- Process Monitoring Tool
- Process Management Tool
- System Information Utility
38 alternatives to vtop- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.
- Free • Open Source
- System Information Utility
- Network Monitor
52 alternatives to StatusPilatus- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Monitor your PC like never before!.
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DiscontinuedLast real update to the app was in January 2019, no new versions are planned.
System Monitoring Center gets information about system performance and usage.
57 alternatives to Xfce Task Manager- Free • Open Source
- Process Management Tool
- Linux
Easy to use application for monitoring and controlling running processes.
A Qt based, self-contained (AppImage) tool that mimics the functionality of Windows 10 Task Manager's performance and process tab under Linux. It enables to oversee systemwide CPU, RAM, Disk I/O and Network utilization per device and per process.
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LikeTaskManager vs Windows Task Manager opinions
camel_neerajIt is good for monitoring process network activity but this does cause the high CPU utilization of around 3 to 4 % at idle. The process tab is not as good to monitor as it could be. Nice project but need improvements.
0its excatly desinged for that, and contains unlike other also disk i/o and network i/o per process
0rejuceunlike others it shows disk i/o and network i/o per process, likeTaskManager while also having an UI
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