A native macOS process explorer beyond Activity Monitor — inspired by the convenience of Process Explorer. Inspect process trees, command lines, environment variables, signatures, connections, open files, and more — beyond what Activity Monitor shows.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I came from Windows and had been used to Process Explorer for years. After moving to macOS, one thing I kept missing was a tool that felt just as convenient and informative for understanding what processes were really doing.
Activity Monitor is useful for basic checks, but I often wanted answers to deeper questions like:
🎯 Which process owns this specific window? (Yes, the classic crosshair tool!)
💻 How was this process launched? What are its exact command-line arguments and environment variables?
🔐 Is it properly signed, and what entitlements does it actually request?
📂 What files, network connections, and dylibs is it actively using?
👻 What was that helper process that just flashed and disappeared?
So I built ProcXray — a native macOS process explorer for developers, power users, and anyone who wants more visibility than Activity Monitor provides.
Core features include:
✨ Process tree view & deep inspection
✨ Regex search across all processes
✨ Window-to-process lookup
✨ Lifecycle tracking & real-time resource history
✨ Security & code-signing details at a glance
A few principles I stuck to while building it:
🍏 Native macOS experience:
🔒 Privacy first: Local-only by default.
✅ Secure: Fully code-signed and Apple notarized.
🛠 Practical: Built for real day-to-day debugging, not just looking cool in demos.
If you’ve ever missed Process Explorer on Mac, I’d love to hear from you:
what’s one thing you wish Activity Monitor exposed better?
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