Alternatives to NeoHtop

Inspect running processes in a desktop system monitor. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as NeoHtop.

  • Mission Center

    A Linux system monitor that looks like the Windows Task Manager, which is exactly the point.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Mission Center adds GPU usage and a Task Manager style GTK4 interface, but runs only on Linux rather than Windows and macOS too.

  • htop

    Interactive process viewer for the terminal.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    htop moves process management into the terminal with kill, renice and tree view, but runs only on Linux and macOS.

  • btop++

    A terminal resource monitor that looks good enough to leave open, with processes, CPU, memory, disks, network and GPUs.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOSLinuxCommand line

    btop++ offers a terminal process list with graphs and GPU monitoring on Linux and macOS, needing WSL on Windows.

  • bottom

    A graphical system monitor for the terminal, with charts for CPU, memory, network, temperature and disk over time.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    bottom is a terminal monitor on Windows, macOS and Linux with charts over time and a process widget with tree mode and kill signals.

  • System Informer

    An open-source Process Explorer alternative that monitors resources, debugs software and helps detect malware, with no installation needed.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    System Informer gives Windows 10 and later far deeper process, service and network detail under MIT, but does not run on macOS or Linux.

  • Process Explorer

    Task Manager with the lid off: shows which process has a file open, which DLLs it loaded, and the full parent-child tree.

    FreeProprietaryWindows

    Process Explorer shows open handles, loaded DLLs and process trees on Windows only, and is closed source, published by Microsoft.

  • Glances

    A cross-platform system monitor that runs in a terminal, in a browser, or as an API feeding a dashboard.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand lineWeb

    Glances monitors processes in a terminal, browser or API across platforms, adding container monitoring, but installs through Python.

Also worth comparing

These listings name NeoHtop as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Stats

    See system resource use in the macOS menu bar.

    FreeOpen sourcemacOS

    NeoHtop is a desktop system monitor for Windows, macOS and Linux with CPU and memory views plus process search and filtering, licensed MIT.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.