Top 15 Microsoft Spy++ Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Spy++ (SPYXX.EXE) is a Win32-based utility that gives you a graphical view of the system’s processes, threads, windows, and window messages.

It comes with both the Community edition (gratis for open source development, individuals, and teams of 5 or less) < https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx> and paid editions of Visual Studio.

You can also download it here: http://mdb-blog.blogspot.com/2010/11/microsoft-spy-or-spyxx-for-download.html

1. ktap

ktap ktap is a script-based dynamic tracing tool for Linux. It uses a scripting language and lets users trace the Linux kernel dynamically. ktap is designed to give operational insights with interoperability that allows users to tune, troubleshoot and extend the kernel and applications. It's similar to Systemtap and DTrace.ktap has......

2. perf

perf perf is a performance analyzing tool in Linux, available from Linux kernel version 2.6.31 under tools/perf, and is frequently updated and enhanced. It is capable of lightweight profiling, supports hardware performance counters, tracepoints, software performance counters (e.g. hrtimer), and dynamic probes (for example, kprobes or uprobes).The output from perf can......

3. Process Monitor

Process Monitor Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user......

4. TaskInfo

TaskInfo TaskInfo is a poweful utility that combines and improves features of Task Manager and System Information tools. It visually monitors (in text and graphical forms) different types of system information in any Windows system (95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, WinXP 32 and 64 bit, Server 2003 32 and 64......

5. vtop

vtop vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.Command-line tools like “top” make it difficult to see CPU usage across multi-process applications (like Apache and Chrome), spikes over time, and memory usage.That’s why we created vtop.......

6. ktrace

ktrace The ktrace utility enables kernel trace logging for the specified processes. Kernel trace data is logged to the file ktrace.out. The kernel operations that are traced include system calls, namei translations, signal processing, and I/O.Once tracing is enabled on a process, trace data will be logged until either the process......

7. API Monitor

API Monitor API Monitor is a Windows program that lets you monitor and control API calls made by applications and services. Its a powerful tool for seeing how applications and services work or for tracking down problems that you have in your own applications.......

8. ltrace

ltrace ltrace intercepts and records dynamic library calls which are called by an executed process and the signals received by that process. It can also intercept and print the system calls executed by the program. Used for debugging.......

9. AbpMon

AbpMon AbpMon is a resizable and dockable toolbar on your desktop for any Windows system ((95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, WinXP 32 and 64 bit, Server 2003 32 and 64 bit, Vista 32 and 64 bit., Server 2008 32 and 64 bit), Windows 7 and Server 2008 r2 (32 and......

10. Tasks Explorer

Tasks Explorer Tasks Explorer is a freeware opensource computer program providing functionality for collecting extended information about processes running in system in real time. Application Tasks Explorer was designed as alternative to Apple’s “Activity Monitor”, as information providing “Activity Monitor” does not correspond with the needs of software developers and advanced users.......

11. SBar Taskbar Replacement

SBar Taskbar Replacement This is a Windows taskbar replacement software that add some new functionality present in Windows 7 to older Microsoft operating systems like Vista and XPIt adds almost all functionality of Windows 7 taskbar back to XP and Vista! Features that SBar add are:1. Grouping taskbar buttons in the way Windows......

12. Philips SmartControl

Philips SmartControl SmartControl is a software utility that allows monitor adjustment and color tuning using the Display Data Channel Command Interface (DDC/CI) protocol. All adjustments to the display are controlled via software to eliminate the need to use the monitor on-screen display (OSD).......

13. FileVerifier++

FileVerifier++ FileVerifier++ is a Windows utility for calculating hashes using a number of algorithms including CRC32, MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256/224/384/512, WHIRLPOOL, and RIPEMD-128/160/256/320. Supported hash file formats include MD5SUM .MD5, SFV, BSD CKSUM, and others.......

14. WiFi Radar Pro

WiFi Radar Pro Want to monitor your area networks? Identify and troubleshoot issue with your home, small office or enterprise network? Gather useful information about your network performance? Are you simply in search of an elegant replacement of the default OSX wireless utility? You've just found your ideal tool!- Easy-to-use, intuitive UI- Suitable......

15. Gadmin-rsync

Gadmin-rsync GAdminRsync is a C/GTK+ graphical user interface for the rsync Client and Server.......