htop

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.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD

Process Lasso

Process Lasso is NOT yet another task manager. It is a process priority optimization and system automation utility.

Freemium Windows

AnVir Task Manager

This tool controls programs, disk, CPU. Replace task manager, tweak and tune up XP or Vista. Speed up windows startup. Get rid of spyware and viruses.

Freemium Windows

Mz CPU Accelerator

Mz CPU Accelerator is an application that automatically changes the priority of the foreground window, by allocating more CPU power to the currently active application...

Free Windows

Process Tamer

Process Tamer is a tiny utility that monitors the CPU usage of running processes and automatically lowers the priority of processes that are overloading the CPU until...

Free Windows

vtop

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 Mac OS X Linux BSD

timelimit

timelimit executes a command and terminates the spawned process after a given time with a given signal. A “warning” signal is sent first, then, after a timeout, a “kill”...

Free Open Source Linux