Windows

Process Hacker is a free advanced process manager for Windows, Alternative to the built-in process manager

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

Hazem Abbas

Dec 21, 2023 — 2 min read

Process Hacker is an exceptional free and open source process viewer that effortlessly provides a crystal-clear overview of running processes. It also offers detailed system information, convenient service views and edits, and a plethora of other features that are perfect for debugging and software analysis.

Features

Free, powerful, multi-purpose tool for monitoring system resources, debugging software, and detecting malware.
Graphs and statistics for tracking down resource hogs and runaway processes.
System performance information with tooltips for data points on graphs.
Ability to view information about processes even if they are no longer running.
File handle and DLL search to identify processes using a specific file.
Option to close handles associated with files as a last resort.
Monitoring and closing of programs with active network connections.
Highly detailed overview of system activity with highlighting.
Customizable columns to display additional system activity and information.
Real-time information on disk access and disk usage.
Detailed stack traces with kernel-mode, WOW64, and .NET support.
Real-time information on network usage with network adapter statistics.
Creation, editing, and control of services beyond services.msc.
Real-time information on GPU usage for all processes.