hakavlad/nohang
A sophisticated low memory handler for Linux observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
74/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 30
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3008
- days_rel: 256
- days_push: 28
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1306 stars · 54 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
nohang is a highly configurable Python daemon for Linux that prevents out-of-memory conditions and keeps the system responsive under low memory pressure, using PSI and other signals to act before the kernel OOM killer. It also ships diagnostic tools like oom-sort, psi2log, and psi-top.
Use cases
- prevent linux from freezing when out of memory
- avoid the kernel oom killer sending sigkill instead of sigterm
- keep the system responsive under heavy memory pressure
- monitor memory pressure with psi
- manage low memory conditions with zram and cgroups
- diagnose oom events and memory pressure logs
When to choose
- you run Linux desktops or servers that freeze or livelock under memory pressure
- you want early, configurable OOM prevention with graceful SIGTERM termination
- you need PSI-based memory pressure monitoring and diagnostics
When to avoid
- you are not on Linux
- you need memory management for macOS or Windows
- you prefer kernel-level solutions like earlyoom alternatives built into your init system
Facets
service · maturity active
monitoring alerting developer-tools operating-systems monitoring performance python cli oom-killer psi memory-management daemon zram cgroups system-responsiveness linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/hakavlad/nohang · fetched 2026-08-28 · a85322d057ff
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| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
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| hakavlad/nohang | main | 74 |
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