Xfce Task Manager AlternativesProcess Monitoring & Process Management Tools like Xfce Task Manager

Xfce Task Manager is described as 'Easy to use application for monitoring and controlling running processes' and is a process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Xfce Task Manager for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best Xfce Task Manager alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Xfce Task Manager are htop, System Informer, Stacer and Resources.

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Xfce Task Manager alternatives page was last updated Oct 19, 2023
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  1. Process Explorer icon
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    Process Explorer

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    Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded. The display consists of two sub-windows. The top always shows a list of the currently active processes, including the names of their owning accounts, whereas the information...

    78 Process Explorer alternatives
    Process Explorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Explorer Features

    1.  Process Monitoring
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Affinity Mask
    4.  Portable
    Process Explorer screenshot 1
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    • Process Explorer is the most popular Windows alternative to Xfce Task Manager.

    • Process Explorer is the most popular free alternative to Xfce Task Manager.

    • Process Explorer is Free and ProprietaryXfce Task Manager is Free and Open Source
  2. htop icon
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    htop

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    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...

    71 htop alternatives
    htop Screenshot

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Customizable
    htop screenshot 2

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Runs on command line
    2.  Performance Monitoring
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Portable
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    • htop is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Xfce Task Manager.

    • htop is the most popular Open Source alternative to Xfce Task Manager.

    • htop is Free and Open SourceXfce Task Manager is also Free and Open Source
    • htop is LightweightXfce Task Manager is not according to our users
  4. System Informer icon
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    System Informer

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Services Tab
    Network Tab
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    Disk Tab

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  No registration required
    4.  No Tracking

    Features

    1.  I/O Monitoring
    2.  Disk Monitoring
    3.  Process Monitoring
    4.  CPU Monitoring
    5.  Performance Monitoring
    6.  Portable
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Website Monitoring
    9.  Integrated Virus scanner
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  5. Stacer icon
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    Stacer

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    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.

    27 Stacer alternatives
    Dashboard

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Stacer Features

    1.  System Information
    2.  Real-time monitoring
    3.  Services monitoring
    4.  Optimization
    System Cleaner
    Startup Apps
    +2
    Services
    Discontinued

    The last version (1.1.0) is from May 2019.

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  6. Resources icon
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    Resources

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    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.

    108 Resources alternatives
    Resources screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Resources screenshot 1
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    +1
    Resources screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  No registration required
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  System Information
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Memory Monitoring
    4.  Storage Monitoring
    5.  CPU Monitoring
    6.  Memory usage
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  GPU Monitoring
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  7. Process Monitor icon
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    Process Monitor

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    Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and...

    56 Process Monitor alternatives
    Main Screen

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Process Monitor Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Activity history
    Process detail
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  9. Mission Center icon
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    Mission Center

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

    106 Mission Center alternatives
    Mission Center screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    Mission Center screenshot 1
    Mission Center screenshot 2
    +9
    Mission Center screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  CPU Monitoring
    3.  Memory Monitoring
    4.  Hardware Monitoring
    5.  Memory usage
    6.  Disk Monitoring
    7.  OPENGL
    8.  GPU Monitoring
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  10. Glances icon
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    Glances

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    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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Glances screenshot 1
    Glances screenshot 2
    +1
    Glances screenshot 3

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Filesystem
    4.  Custom Plugins
    5.  Website Monitoring
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  11. Little File Explorer icon
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    Little File Explorer

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    Little File Explorer, previous known as Simple File Explorer, is a simple file explorer, designed with compatibility in mind.

    60 Little File Explorer alternatives
    Little File Explorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No Tracking

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Small-footprint
    3.  Low memory usage
    4.  Lower Resource Computer support
    5.  Low CPU usage
    6.  Minimum system resource usage
    7.  Low resource footprint
    8.  MD5 signature
    9.  Checksums verification
    10.  Low-Ram Usage
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    • Little File Explorer is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Xfce Task Manager.

    • Little File Explorer is Free and Open SourceXfce Task Manager is also Free and Open Source
    • Little File Explorer is Lightweight and Privacy focusedXfce Task Manager is not according to our users
  12. Windows Task Manager icon
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    Windows Task Manager

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    Windows Task Manager is a task manager application included with Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems that provides detailed information about computer performance and running applications, processes and CPU usage, commit charge and memory information, network...

    73 Windows Task Manager alternatives
    Windows Task Manager screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free

    Features

    1.  Bundled with Windows
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  13. Process Lasso icon
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    Process Lasso

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    Process Lasso is NOT yet another task manager. It is a process priority optimization and system automation utility. Priority optimization, affinity optimization, core optimization, automated rules, automated power schemes, you name it and Process Lasso has it.

    38 Process Lasso alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Affinity Mask
    Process Context Menu
    Process Rules (Watchdog)
    +1
    ProBalance Insights
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  14. SystemExplorer icon
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    SystemExplorer

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    System Explorer is an enhanced Taskmanager that provides detailed information about running processes, startup programs, IE add-ons (BHOs), drivers, services network connections, system resources and more.

    57 SystemExplorer alternatives
    SystemExplorer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    SystemExplorer screenshot 1
    System Explorer with default settings

    SystemExplorer Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Show hidden processes
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Software Management
    5.  Autostart
    Discontinued

    While mostly functional it and its website hasn't been updated since 2017 and forums and support are gone.

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