# mitchellh/go-ps

Find, list, and inspect processes from Go (golang).

Repository: https://github.com/mitchellh/go-ps
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/go-ps
Homepage: https://gist.github.com/mitchellh/90029601268e59a29e64e55bab1c5bdc
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-11-20T06:29:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4532, "days_push": 1382, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1490, forks 254 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.359296+00:00)

## What it is
A Go library that provides OS-specific APIs to find, list, and inspect processes in a platform-safe way across Linux, macOS, Solaris, and Windows. It abstracts platform differences using sysctl, procfs, and the Windows API.

## Use cases
- list running processes from a Go program
- find a process by name or pid in Go
- check if a specific process is running
- inspect the process table cross-platform
- build a process monitor in Go

## When to choose
- you need a simple, dependency-light way to enumerate processes in Go
- you need cross-platform process listing including Windows and macOS
- you want a small, stable library with no external dependencies

## When to avoid
- you need to manipulate, signal, or kill processes, not just list them
- you need FreeBSD or Plan9 support
- you need actively maintained software with new features or timely bug fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, file-system
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: windows, go, cross-platform
- tags: process-management, process-listing, system-inspection, golang-library, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mitchellh/go-ps (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.359296+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 2026-08-30T04:33:37.788293+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mitchellh/go-ps (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.359296+00:00, sha 1917c8068f9b)
  - homepage: https://gist.github.com/mitchellh/90029601268e59a29e64e55bab1c5bdc (fetched 2026-08-29T11:39:29.843362+00:00, sha 45ba7fc863a7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.