Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- GNU Bourne Again SHell



witr is described as 'A command line diagnostic tool that explains why a process is running, not only that it exists. Supports cross-platform analysis, details origins, context, supervising sources, and risk signals' and is a process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to witr for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best witr alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like witr are htop, Autoruns, System Informer and btop++.



The Windows version of btop++, which is itself the re-implementation and continuation of bashtop and bpytop written in C++. A rich, featureful terminal-based resource monitor that shows usage and statistics for processor, memory, disks, network, processes and services.




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.

System Activity Monitor for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Customizable, precise, and lightweight apps to keep an eye on the activity and performance of your devices.




Lsof lists open files for running UNIX processes. It is a descendent of ofiles, fstat, and lsof versions 1, 2, and 3.
psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network, users) in a portable way by using Python, implementing many functionalities offered by command line tools such as: ps, top, df...



This systems administrator, tuner, benchmark tool gives you a huge amount of important performance information in one go. It can output the data in two ways

An advanced interactive monitor for Linux-systems to view the load on system-level and process-level.



