# sindresorhus/fkill-cli

Fabulously kill processes. Cross-platform.

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/fkill-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fkill-cli
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nodejs, cli-app, cli, kill, unicorns, javascript, cross-platform, fabulous, process
Last push: 2025-11-09T09:58:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 51/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 51, release rhythm 24, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4092, "days_push": 297, "days_rel": 297, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7000, forks 215 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:53.049327+00:00)

## What it is
fkill-cli is a cross-platform command-line tool for killing processes by PID, name, or port, with an interactive fuzzy-search UI. It is built in JavaScript on Node.js and distributed via npm.

## Use cases
- kill a process by pid from the terminal
- kill a process by name like safari
- kill whatever is listening on port 8080
- force kill unresponsive processes
- interactively search and kill processes with fuzzy matching
- cross-platform alternative to killall and taskkill

## When to choose
- you want a friendly, cross-platform way to kill processes from the terminal
- you need to kill processes by name or port, not just PID
- you prefer an interactive fuzzy-search process picker

## When to avoid
- you need fine-grained signal control beyond force kill and timeouts
- you only work on Unix and are happy with the built-in kill/pkill commands
- you need to kill processes programmatically inside a script - use the fkill API package instead

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: process-management, kill-processes, fuzzy-search, interactive-ui, port-killing, command-line, macos, linux, nodejs

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/fkill-cli (main) score 51

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:53.049327+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:40:52.159480+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/fkill-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:53.049327+00:00, sha aafae2605712)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/fkill-cli (fetched 2026-08-29T08:36:53.434509+00:00, sha cf104277aefe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.