cpulimit Alternatives

cpulimit is described as 'CPU Usage Limiter for Linux - cpulimit is a simple program which attempts to limit the cpu usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in cpu time). This is useful to control batch jobs, when you don't want them to eat too much cpu' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to cpulimit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best cpulimit alternative is htop, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like cpulimit are Process Lasso, AnVir Task Manager, vtop and Usage.

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  1. htop icon
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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...

    78 htop alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Linux Mobile
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  2. Process Lasso icon
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    Real-time process and CPU affinity optimization utility with ProBalance technology to preserve responsiveness. Automates rules, power schemes, and core selection. Mitigates system slowdowns, enables persistent affinities, watchdog monitoring, and instance limits, running lightweight.

    46 Process Lasso alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  3. 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.

    45 AnVir Task Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. vtop icon
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    vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. Usage icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  6. Ctop icon
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    Top-like interface for container metrics. ctop provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers as well as a single container view for inspecting a specific container.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Docker
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  7. 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 (program-game). It automatically de-allocates CPU priority when a new active application is used.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. CPU Limiter icon
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    Limits CPU power to applications based on percentage CPU limit (per target process) ou or suspend target processes. The program permit add process using wildcard and actions triggered.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Qt
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
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  9.  1 like

    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” signal, similar to the way init(8) operates on shutdown.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Cpukiller icon
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    CPUKILLER is a software capable of slowing down your computer up to 99% permitting you to run old software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. Ananicy icon
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    Ananicy (ANother Auto NICe daemon) — is a shell daemon created to manage processes' IO and CPU priorities, with community-driven set of rules for popular applications (anyone may add their own rule via github's pull request mechanism). It's mainly for desktop usage.

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    • Linux
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  12. Applies 227 explained, risk-rated, one-click-reversible Windows tweaks, then verifies the gains with a real before/after FPS test.

    97 Wayne's GoldCore alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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