TaskExplorer is a powerful system task-manager / process-inspector tool designed for Windows that goes well beyond the capabilities of the built-in Task Manager. It provides real-time insights into running processes, threads, open handles, network sockets, memory usage, modules loaded, and more — all in a unified, fast, and efficient GUI. Rather than scattering information across tabs or dialogs, TaskExplorer displays detailed data in a panel layout: when you select a process, the lower panel updates dynamically to show relevant info (threads, handles, sockets, modules, etc.), making deep inspection quick and intuitive. It includes advanced panels: a Thread Panel with stack traces (helpful for diagnosing deadlocks or hangs), a Memory Panel that lets you view or even edit process memory (with search capabilities), a Socket Panel showing open network connections, data rates, pseudo-UDP connections (via ETW), and a Modules Panel listing all loaded DLLs and memory-mapped files.
Features
- Real-time process and thread inspection including stack traces for detailed debugging of running applications
- Memory panel that allows viewing and editing process memory, with search capabilities for strings or values
- Handles, Sockets, Modules panels to display open file handles, network connections (with data rates), loaded DLLs / memory-mapped files, and ability to unload or inject DLLs
- Detailed system monitoring: CPU, Memory, Disk I/O, Network, handles and threads over time with live graphs and resource usage stats
- Ability to detach process info into separate windows for simultaneous inspection of multiple processes
- Built with Qt and using a custom kernel driver for deep inspection on Windows — aiming at power users, reverse-engineers, developers, and sysadmins
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