#process-manager #interactive #monitor #resources #kill #ps #terminate

app psycho-killer

Interactive process killer, manager and system resources monitor

8 unstable releases (3 breaking)

0.4.1 Feb 22, 2024
0.4.0 Feb 19, 2024
0.3.3 Jan 29, 2024
0.2.0 Jan 3, 2024
0.1.1 Dec 30, 2023

#196 in Operating systems

MIT license

220KB
1.5K SLoC

😵‍💫 PSycho KILLer

PSycho KILLer is an interactive process manager and system resource monitor that combines the functionalities of ps and kill.

Features

  • Quickly find and terminate processes in an interactive manner.
  • If a process remains active, kill it with sudo privileges.
  • Monitor system resource usage, including Dirty and Writeback memory to keep an eye on ongoing copying.

Installation

Cargo

cargo install psycho-killer

This will install psycho binary in Rust's Path.

Binary

Alternatively, you can download the compiled binary:

curl -L https://github.com/igrek51/psycho-killer/releases/download/0.3.2/psycho -o ~/bin/psycho
chmod +x ~/bin/psycho

Usage

Launch the interactive process manager by running psycho.

Enter the phrase of a process you want to kill.

Choose the preferred method to terminate the process:

  • Interrupt with SIGINT signal
  • Gracefully terminate the process with SIGTERM
  • Forcefully kill the process with SIGKILL signal
  • Terminate the process with SIGTERM signal as Superuser
  • Forcefully kill the process with SIGKILL signal as Superuser

Dependencies

~7–14MB
~147K SLoC