witr Alternatives

witr is described as 'A command line diagnostic tool that explains why a process is running, not only that it exists. Supports cross-platform analysis, details origins, context, supervising sources, and risk signals' and is a process monitoring tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to witr for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and PortableApps.com apps. The best witr alternative is Process Explorer, which is free. Other great apps like witr are Autoruns, htop, System Informer and btop++.

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  1. btop4win icon
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    The Windows version of btop++, which is itself the re-implementation and continuation of bashtop and bpytop written in C++. A rich, featureful terminal-based resource monitor that shows usage and statistics for processor, memory, disks, network, processes and services.

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    • Windows
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  2. Tux Manager icon
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    A Linux Task Manager alternative built with Qt6, inspired by the Windows Task Manager but designed to go further - providing deep visibility into system processes, performance metrics, users, and services.

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    • Linux
    • AppImage
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  3. 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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  4. pstop icon
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    pstop is a native Windows terminal system monitor inspired by htop. It brings per core CPU usage bars, memory and network meters, process tree view, search, filtering, and kill shortcuts directly to PowerShell with familiar htop style keybindings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PowerShell
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    Fuzzy find and kill processes from your terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Homebrew
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Nix Package Manager
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  6. psutil icon
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    psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network, users) in a portable way by using Python, implementing many functionalities offered by command line tools such as: ps, top, df...

    23 psutil alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. lsof icon
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    Lsof lists open files for running UNIX processes. It is a descendent of ofiles, fstat, and lsof versions 1, 2, and 3.

    8 lsof alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. nmon icon
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    This systems administrator, tuner, benchmark tool gives you a huge amount of important performance information in one go. It can output the data in two ways

    21 nmon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Atop icon
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    An advanced interactive monitor for Linux-systems to view the load on system-level and process-level.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    System monitoring tool with TUI and historical data service.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  11. 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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