Tiny Watcher Alternatives

Tiny Watcher is described as 'Lets you compare registry and file changes' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Tiny Watcher for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best Tiny Watcher alternative is Process Hacker, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Tiny Watcher are htop, System Informer, Glances and GNOME System Monitor.

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Tiny Watcher alternatives page was last updated Oct 21, 2024
  1. Process Hacker icon
     322 likes

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

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    The last update is from 2018, and it has now been replaced by System Informer icon System Informer.

    Process Hacker iconTiny Watcher Icon

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    • Process Hacker is the most popular Windows alternative to Tiny Watcher.

    • Process Hacker is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Tiny Watcher.

    • Process Hacker is Free and Open SourceTiny Watcher is Free and Proprietary
  2. htop icon
     259 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
    htop Screenshot

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

    • htop is Free and Open SourceTiny Watcher is Free and Proprietary
    • htop is LightweightTiny Watcher is not according to our users
  3. System Informer icon
     35 likes

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

    47 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
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  4. Glances icon
     59 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.

    63 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
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  5. GNOME System Monitor icon
     33 likes

    System Monitor is a tool to manage running processes and monitor system resources.

    79 GNOME System Monitor alternatives
    GNOME System Monitor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GNOME

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Application Monitoring
    GNOME System Monitor iconTiny Watcher Icon

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  6.  2 likes

    MJ Registry Watcher is a simple registry, file and directory hooker/poller, that safeguards the most important startup files, registry keys and values, and other more exotic registry locations commonly attacked by trojans.

    4 MJ Registry Watcher alternatives
    MJ Registry Watcher screenshot 1
    MJ Registry Watcher screenshot 2

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    MJ Registry Watcher Features

    1.  Registry repairing
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  7. KillSwitch icon
     8 likes

    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.

    52 KillSwitch alternatives
    KillSwitch screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    KillSwitch Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
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  8. Security Task Manager icon
     5 likes

    Security Task Manager shows comprehensible information about programs and processes running on the computer. For each Windows process, it improves on Windows Task Manager, providing:

    53 Security Task Manager alternatives
    Security Task Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Security Task Manager iconTiny Watcher Icon

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    • Security Task Manager is the most popular commercial alternative to Tiny Watcher.

    • Security Task Manager is Paid and ProprietaryTiny Watcher is Free and Proprietary
  9. Chameleon Task Manager icon
     4 likes

    Chameleon Task Manager is Windows task manager that enables the complete control of processes running on a computer optimizing the performance of Windows. It also provides more detailed information about programs.

    58 Chameleon Task Manager alternatives
    Chameleon Task Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Chameleon Task Manager Features

    1.  Memory Optimization
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  10. TheFolderSpy icon
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    The ultimate, yet free, hard disk monitoring utility.

    5 TheFolderSpy alternatives
    TheFolderSpy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TheFolderSpy Features

    1.  Portable
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  11. ProcessSpy icon
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    Monitor macOS processes like a pro.

    52 ProcessSpy alternatives
    ProcessSpy screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
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  12. Sysprof icon
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    Find and fix performance problems.

    47 Sysprof alternatives
    Sysprof screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Sysprof Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Performance Monitoring
    Sysprof iconTiny Watcher Icon

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