iPulse Alternatives

iPulse is described as 'Provides real-time macOS insights including CPU, memory, network, disk, battery, and wireless, all in a compact and customizable visual interface on desktop, menu bar, or Dock' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 50 alternatives to iPulse for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Linux Mobile apps. The best iPulse alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like iPulse are Process Explorer, htop, System Informer and Stats.

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  1. Rainmeter icon
     517 likes

    Transform your Windows desktop with customizable skins for displaying system resources, weather updates, RSS feeds, and more. Community-driven, Rainmeter offers real-time data monitoring, enhanced aesthetics, and privacy-focused features. Its portable design requires no installation and includes a dark mode.

    45 Rainmeter alternatives

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    • Windows
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  2. Process Explorer icon
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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...

    87 Process Explorer alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  3. htop icon
     285 likes

    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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  4. System Informer icon
     56 likes

    A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Official successor to Process Hacker.

    61 System Informer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Stats icon
     58 likes

    Menu bar tool for macOS shows real-time CPU, GPU, memory, disk, network, battery status, sensor data, fan speed, Bluetooth device info, multi-time zone clocks, customizable widgets, and historical graphs while ensuring privacy.

    61 Stats alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Resources icon
     28 likes

    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.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Linux Mobile
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  7. Process Monitor icon
     162 likes

    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...

    59 Process Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  8. iStat Menus icon
     121 likes

    Advanced Mac utility with menubar monitoring for CPU, GPU, memory, disks, network, and sensors, including fan control, S.M.A.R.T status, Bluetooth battery tracking, weather, notifications, and deep customization. Combines multiple stats in a single view while prioritizing privacy.

    82 iStat Menus alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
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  9. Glances icon
     70 likes

    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.

    73 Glances alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  10. SystemExplorer icon
     97 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  11. appstat icon
     9 likes

    Real-time monitoring of CPU, memory, disk, and thread metrics for running applications without workflow interruptions. Identify resource bottlenecks, memory leaks, and performance spikes. Freeware with no registration required, featuring dark/light modes, always-on-top option, and exportable logs for team analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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