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Better Task Manager

Multi-PlatformReal-Time MetricsProcess ControlPower & Audio∞ More Stable

The modern Mac Activity Monitor, Windows Task Manager, and Linux System Monitor alternative. Get real-time system monitoring, full process control, and automated performance profiles, plus a per-app audio mixer, battery and display controls, a ports explorer, and disk cleanup — take control of your machine from one app.

Powerful Features

Comprehensive system monitoring and control at your fingertips.

System Metrics

Real-time system monitoring

CPU Usage

Track CPU cores and threads

Memory

Monitor RAM utilization

Network

Network monitoring

Disk I/O

Monitor disk read/write

GPU

GPU monitoring and performance

Power

Power consumption and energy usage

Process Management

Advanced process control

Process Usage

Real-time performance metrics per process

Process Information

Process details and organization

Process Control

Manage running processes

Ports Explorer

Port monitoring and network analysis

Process Profiles

Save and auto-apply profiles

System Control

Advanced system features

Audio Mixer

macOS: Per-app volume, routing, and EQ

Battery Control

macOS: Charge limiting and discharge mode

Unlock XDR Brightness

macOS: XDR display brightness control

Folder Cleanup

Automated file cleanup and organization

Stability Hardened

Survives the roughest performance hiccups, unlike native Windows Task Manager, macOS Activity Monitor, and Linux System Monitor

Extreme Load Handling

Handles extreme system load and memory pressure without freezing

Always Responsive

Instantly responsive UI even when your system is struggling to breathe

Lightweight

Minimal resource usage, runs efficiently without draining your system

Built in Rust

Memory-safe by design with zero undefined behavior or memory leaks

Free — included in every plan

Your Mac's missing mixer

Per-app volume with zero setup in Simple mode. Switch to Advanced when you need to route audio to OBS, a DAW, or multiple outputs at once.

A merged group card — Music and Chrome combined into one "Media" stripAn app card on hover, revealing its volume and pan controls

Per-app control

Every app gets its own card

Music, Chrome, Discord — each running app appears as a card with its own volume. Group apps together (Media = Music + Chrome) with zero setup.

Bass, Mid and Treble tone knobs

Tone

Bass · Mid · Treble

A three-band tone shelf on the master output — warm it up or tame the highs without touching the EQ.

Sub-mixer with independent per-app faders inside a group

Sub-mixer

Independent levels inside a group

Drill into any group for a per-app fader — crank one source, keep another quiet, while the group master still rules them all.

Output device picker dropdown

Output switching

Your output, one tap away

Plug in headphones or connect Galaxy Buds and the picker updates instantly — no System Settings, no Audio MIDI Setup.

Close-up of a strip fader with its A1/B1 bus routing buttons

Advanced routing

For streamers & producers

Send any app to any bus

Route each strip to physical outs (A1–A3) or virtual buses (B1–B3) for OBS, DAWs and Discord — one app to many buses at once.

Record dropdown open, choosing which output buses to captureRecording in progress — red pulsing indicator with elapsed time

Recording

Record any output to FLAC

Pick which buses to capture — one mixed-down file or separate files per bus — then watch the elapsed time live while it records.

Parametric EQ frequency curve editor

Parametric EQ

Tune every source to perfection

Drag nodes on the frequency curve to cut harshness or lift warmth — bell, low/high shelf, A/B compare and named presets on any strip or bus.

macOS power & thermal suite — built in

Own your Mac's power & heat

Limit charging to protect the battery, track its health over time, and take control of every fan — tools you'd normally pay for separately, in one app.

Live charge history graph — AC vs battery

Charge history

macOS

See your charge over time

A live graph of charge level with AC vs battery, hour by hour.

Battery health trend over 30 / 90 / 365 days

Battery health

macOS

Watch your battery age

Health % trend over 30 days, 90 days, or a full year.

Per-fan speed control

Fan control

macOS

Set every fan, or go automatic

Manual target RPM per fan, or temperature-based auto.

Charge limiting toggle, limit input, and manual discharge controls

Charge limiting

macOS · Pro

Stop charging at 80% — extend lifespan

Hardware-level SMC charge cap with smart hysteresis, plus on-demand discharge for calibration and storage.

Automated folder cleanup — built in

Junk files clean themselves up

Old installers, stale archives, screenshot pile-ups — set a rule once and they're swept to the Trash on your schedule, with a preview before anything moves.

Two cleanup rule cards — schedules, age filters, file patterns, and live folder stats

Cleanup rules

Rules that run themselves

Point a rule at any folder with age, name-pattern and size filters. Each rule runs on its own schedule, shows live folder stats, and everything it removes goes to the Trash — one restore away.

Cleanup history — each run with files deleted and space freed

History

Every run, on the record

A log of every cleanup — manual or automatic — with the files deleted and the space it freed.

Preview Cleanup dialog listing the exact files that will be moved to the Trash, with sizes and total

Preview

See what goes before it’s gone

Dry-run any rule to list every matching file with its size and date — nothing moves until you hit the button.

Template picker — ready-made rules for installers, archives, disk images, screenshots and logs

Templates

One-click starting points

Ready-made rules for old installers, archives, disk images, screenshots and log files — pick one and tweak it.

Simple, Transparent Pricing

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Free

Everything you need to get started.

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  • Process list & search
  • CPU, RAM & disk usage
  • Kill & suspend processes
  • Basic performance graphs
  • Audio mixer & routing
  • Performance profiles
  • Per-process energy tracking
  • XDR display boost (macOS)
  • Fan control (macOS)
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Available for macOS and Windows. Linux coming soon.