# PKRoma/ProcessHacker

A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware—mirror of https://github.com/processhacker2/processhacker.git

Repository: https://github.com/PKRoma/ProcessHacker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/processhacker
Homepage: http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-09-02T04:28:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4944, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1174, forks 201 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:07.033414+00:00)

## What it is
System Informer (formerly Process Hacker) is a free, open-source, multi-purpose Windows tool for monitoring system resources, debugging software, and detecting malware. It is written in C and serves as a powerful alternative to Windows Task Manager and Process Explorer.

## Use cases
- monitor cpu, memory, disk and network usage in real time
- find which process is locking a file or DLL
- view and close active network connections per process
- inspect detailed stack traces including kernel-mode and .NET
- investigate suspicious processes for malware analysis
- track down resource-hogging or runaway processes

## When to choose
- you need a deeper alternative to Windows Task Manager or Process Explorer
- you are debugging file locks, handles, or network activity on Windows
- you do malware triage or advanced system inspection on Windows 10+

## When to avoid
- you need a system monitor for Linux or macOS
- you only need basic task management features
- you want a lightweight GUI-free monitoring solution

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, developer-tools, security
- domain: developer-tools, security, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: task-manager, process-explorer, system-monitoring, malware-analysis, system-informer

## Member repositories
- PKRoma/ProcessHacker (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:07.033414+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:28:49.725706+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PKRoma/ProcessHacker (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:07.033414+00:00, sha 51bd643f927e)
  - homepage: http://processhacker.sourceforge.net/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:34:49.875611+00:00, sha a8538dd6e55d)
  - site_page: https://systeminformer.io/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:34:49.885126+00:00, sha 4df716767286)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.