Glances Alternatives

Glances is described as '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' and is a popular process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Glances for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Flathub apps. The best Glances alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like Glances are htop, System Informer, btop and Mission Center.

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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    Linux has always been able to show how much I/O was going on (the bi and bo columns of the vmstat 1 command).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  3. LXTask icon
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    LXTask is the standard task manager and system monitor of LXDE. It starts via Ctrl+Alt+Del and is extremely lightweight.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4.  1 like

    Fuzzy find and kill processes from your terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Homebrew
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Nix Package Manager
     
  5. Kiwi application monitor is a small program which lets you monitor your applications/processes, Windows and User activity...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. A manager for tasks on the Android platform. An excellent task manager & killer. It can also optimize memory, storage, & cache. It integrates well with ES File Explorer & users can easily switch between the two apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
     
  7. SterJo Task Manager is a FREE and advanced utility for process managing which allows you to get details on everything that’s running on your computer. The program is divided in several sections covering the main parts of each system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Monitorets icon
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    Monitorets is a small utility application offering a simple and quick view at the usage of several of your computer resources. Almost like an applet or a widget for your Linux desktop.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
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    libstatgrab is a library that provides cross platform access to statistics about the system on which it's run. It's written in C and presents a selection of useful interfaces which can be used to access key system statistics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. A Qt based, self-contained (AppImage) tool that mimics the functionality of Windows 10 Task Manager's performance and process tab under Linux. It enables to oversee systemwide CPU, RAM, Disk I/O and Network utilization per device and per process.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Chameleon Task Manager is Windows task manager that enables the complete control of processes running on a computer optimizing the performance of Windows. It also provides more detailed information about programs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Python System Monitor (Psymon) is a cross-platform, task and performance monitor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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