TaskExplorer Alternatives

TaskExplorer is described as 'Explore all the tasks (processes) running on your Mac with TaskExplorer. Quickly see a task's signature status, loaded dylibs, open files, network connection, and much more!' and is a process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to TaskExplorer for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Linux Mobile and PortableApps.com apps. The best TaskExplorer alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like TaskExplorer are htop, System Informer, Mission Center and Task Manager.

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  1. pstop icon
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    pstop is a native Windows terminal system monitor inspired by htop. It brings per core CPU usage bars, memory and network meters, process tree view, search, filtering, and kill shortcuts directly to PowerShell with familiar htop style keybindings.

    49 pstop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PowerShell
     
  2. Provides real-time statistics for CPU, memory, disk, and network usage on macOS, allows users to view, organize, and terminate processes, analyze system resource consumption, view data in graphs and tables, check current transfers, and monitor system health.

    35 Activity Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Fuzzy find and kill processes from your terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Homebrew
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Nix Package Manager
     
  4. 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
     
  5. macmon icon
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    Get real-time Apple Silicon performance data without sudo, including CPU, GPU, RAM usage, power and temperature metrics, per-cluster utilization, RAM and swap stats, historical charts, color themes, and detailed system information directly via CLI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  6. XRG icon
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    XRG is an open source system monitor for Mac OS X. XRG allows you to monitor CPU activity, memory usage, battery status, machine temperature, network activity, disk I/O, current weather, and stock market data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Linux process explorer, behaves the same as the windows process explorer from Mark Russinovich.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Balane Disk icon
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    Sees what your machine is really doing — processes, memory, disk and outgoing network traffic in one live radar, explained in plain language.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. The best Windows Task Manager, macOS Activity Monitor, and Linux System Monitor alternative. A modern, cross-platform process manager to monitor CPU, memory, GPU, and more in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. A Windows 11 Task Manager–style system monitor for macOS — processes, CPU/memory/GPU/disk/network, listening ports, startup items and services, with no password and no permission prompts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Loading icon
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    Your iPad and iPhone show you when apps are using your network. So why can't your Mac? Sure, there's always the Network section in Activity Monitor, but that's far from ideal. At best you can group by All Processes, Hierarchically, sort by Rcvd Bytes, and check the...

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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