Process Explorer for macOS

Sysinternals Process Explorer for Mac is a native macOS utility for inspecting and managing running processes, modeled on the core Windows Process Explorer experience. It presents a live, color-coded process tree and lower-pane views of a selected process’s images, file handles, or threads, with tools to pause updates, search, inspect properties, and control processes. Per-process properties cover performance, network connections, security, environment, and strings; signature checks include publisher, certificate-chain, notarization, and SHA-256 details, with VirusTotal integration. Users can also sample, suspend, resume, reprioritize, restart, or terminate processes.

The app adds system-wide performance graphs and hardware information for CPU, memory, storage, network, and GPU, including Apple Silicon performance and efficiency cores. Built with Swift, SwiftUI, and AppKit, it uses public macOS interfaces and supports an optional privileged helper for richer cross-user inspection and elevated controls; installing that helper requires a signed app and explicit approval in System Settings. The GUI requires macOS 14 or later, and the project provides build, test, and release-signing workflows. Development builds use separate app and helper identities from official releases, helping prevent local testing from replacing an installed official copy.