Task Manager Alternatives

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

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  1. KSysGuard icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
     
  2. BPYTOP icon
     12 likes

    Resource monitor that shows usage and stats for processor, memory, disks, network and processes.

    Python port of bashtop.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. Task Manager DeLuxe (TMX) is based on MiTeC System Information Component Suite and offers powerful features available in standard Windows Task Manager in lightweight portable package with many more enhancements.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Pachtop icon
     5 likes

    Pachtop is a lightweight, performant, and opensource system monitor that provides real-time monitoring of your system's performance, application monitoring, and detailed system information. Built with Rust and Tauri

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  5. witr icon
     6 likes

    CLI diagnostic tool for tracing processes and their causal ancestry, explaining origins, supervising service, context like directories and containers, risk signals, with support for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, platform-specific inspection, JSON output, and open licensing.

    24 witr alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
  6. TaskInfo icon
     5 likes

    TaskInfo is a poweful utility that combines and improves features of Task Manager and System Information tools. It visually monitors (in text and graphical forms) different types of system information in any Windows system (95, 98, ME, NT 4.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Resource Monitor is a system application in Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is used to view information about the use of hardware (CPU, memory, disk, and network) and software (file handles and modules) resources in real time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. TaskExplorer icon
     7 likes

    Explore all the tasks (processes) running on your Mac with TaskExplorer. Quickly see a task's signature status, loaded dylibs, open files, network connection, and much more!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. KillSwitch icon
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    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. Uniquely for a product of its type, KillSwitch leverages Comodo&#39.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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