Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Windows Task Manager

Product categories

Cloud Monitoring Command Line Tools Console Application Data Dashboard DevOps Tools Developer Tools Device Management Error Tracking File Management Log Management Monitoring Tools Performance Monitoring

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Windows Task Manager are glances system monitoring, Process Hacker, and System Informer. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

glances system monitoring Landing Page
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glances system monitoring

Glances is a cross-platform system monitoring tool written in Python. Written in Python, Glances will run on almost any plaftorm : GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OS X and Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 21 social mentions
Process Hacker Landing Page
2

Process Hacker

Process Hacker is a feature-packed tool for manipulating processes and services on your computer.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #File Sharing 39 social mentions
System Informer Landing Page
3

System Informer

A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware. Official successor to Process Hacker.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 3 social mentions
gtop Landing Page
4

gtop

System monitoring dashboard for terminal
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 2 social mentions
Rainmeter Landing Page
5

Rainmeter

Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Device Management #Monitoring Tools #System Information 6 social mentions
Stacer Landing Page
6

Stacer

Ubuntu system optimizer
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring
psutil Landing Page
7

psutil

psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Command Line Tools #Performance Monitoring 1 social mentions
px app Landing Page
8

px app

ps and top for human beings
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Command Line Tools #Linux #Console Application
arandr Landing Page
9

arandr

ARandR is designed to provide a simple visual front end for XRandR.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Log Management #Device Management 12 social mentions
Netdata Landing Page
10

Netdata

Monitor your servers, containers, and applications, in high-resolution and in real-time.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $3.0 / Monthly (Netdata Pro, $3 /Node /mo - Netdata Business, $4 /Node /mo )
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Incident Management 5 social mentions
Zabbix Landing Page
11

Zabbix

Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #DevOps Tools 5 social mentions
Prometheus Landing Page
12

Prometheus

An open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Monitoring Tools #Performance Monitoring #Log Management 224 social mentions