ProcXray

A native macOS process explorer beyond Activity Monitor

FreemiummacOS

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About

ProcXray is a macOS process monitoring tool positioned as a replacement for Activity Monitor. It helps users understand what is running on their Mac by presenting processes in both a flat list and a parent-child tree, with details such as PID, CPU, memory, threads, user, company, and executable path. For deeper inspection, it exposes command-line arguments, working directories, and environment variables, and includes workflow tools like a window picker that jumps to the owning process. ProcXray also adds security-oriented visibility through code signature verification and an entitlements inspector, plus runtime inspection of open files, network connections/ports, and loaded dynamic libraries. It supports real-time filtering with regex, highlights process start/exit events, and provides context menu actions to inspect, signal, suspend, terminate, reveal executables, and export history. It runs on macOS 14+ for Apple Silicon and Intel, is code-signed and notarized, and emphasizes that no data leaves the machine.

Problem & solution

Problem

macOS Activity Monitor lacks deep process and security visibility

Solution

Native macOS app surfaces rich process, env, and security data

Who it's for

Developers, security experts, and Mac power users

Main features

Process tree & flat list
Env vars & args inspection
Code signature & entitlements
Ports/files/dylibs view
Regex search & lifecycle log