The Best 59 Process Explorer Alternatives

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    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

  • SystemExplorer

    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.

    Free Windows

  • Windows Task Manager

    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...

    Free Windows

  • GNOME System Monitor

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

    Free Open Source Linux BSD GNOME

  • Atmonitor

    Mac OS X System Monitor and Process Explorer Tool atMonitor is the most advanced monitoring tool for Mac OS X that displays system activity in real-time.

    Free Mac OS X

  • SpyStudio

    SpyStudio is the best product to trace user-mode API calls on Windows. SpyStudio is an Application tracer which shows and interprets calls, displaying the results in a structured way which is easy for any IT professional to understand.

    Free Personal Windows

  • EMCO UnLock IT

    A neat free utility that helps you to take control of any file or folder when it is locked by some application or system. For every locked resource, you get a list of locking processes and can unlock it by terminating those processes.

    Free Windows

  • Activity Monitor

    Activity Monitor displays information about all the processes running on your Mac, including CPU, disk, memory, and network usage.

    Free Mac OS X

  • 3C Toolbox

    Comprehensive toolbox to save battery, tweak, tune, backup, secure and monitor any Android devices.

    Freemium Android

  • FCorp Image Hijacker

    Image Hijacker is a small and easy to use application that allows you to run a program via another one to hide it from prying eyes.

    Free Windows

  • KillSwitch

    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.

    Free Windows

  • KSysGuard

    KSysGuard, also known as KDE System Guard and KDE System Monitor, is designed to make simple process control available to a user without needing to do any special setup - the defaults are usually perfectly adequate.

    Free Open Source Linux KDE

  • XRG

    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.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X

  • iPulse

    Using its concise and appealing user interface, iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of OS X on your desktop, menu bar or Dock.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • WhoLockMe

    Have you ever bored by this Windows message : "Error Deleting File or Folder, ... There has been a sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use.

    Free Windows Windows Explorer

  • OpenedFilesView

    OpenedFilesView displays the list of all opened files on your system. For each opened file, additional information is displayed: handle value, read/write/delete access, file position, the process that opened the file, and more...

    Free Windows