Filtering, Sorting and Search

You can filter out the processes and apps you are not interested in:

WhatsRunning process filter

There's a long list of keywords you can use to search the specific things in the process list you are concerned about:

WhatsRunning search

And an even longer list of parameters you can apply to sort the process list:

WhatsRunning sort process

  • Type: Types defined in the process filters. Please see the screenshot above.
  • Memory: RAM consumption
  • CPU Usage / CPU Impact: Please see What's the difference between "CPU Usage" and "CPU Impact"?
  • I/O: Data read from storage and written to storage. See proc(5).
  • PPID / PID / UID / Age: Parent process id, process id, UNIX user id, and age of the native Linux process. See proc(5).
  • Packages / Activities / Services: Number of apps, their visible tasks, and services running inside the native process.