pixelb/ps_mem
A utility to accurately report the in core memory usage for a program observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4744
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1415
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1637 stars · 285 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
ps_mem is a Python CLI utility that accurately reports the in-core (RAM) memory usage of running programs, separating private and shared memory per process. It aggregates usage per program and can filter by PID or summarize totals.
Use cases
- report how much RAM each program is using
- find which processes consume the most memory on a Linux server
- show private vs shared memory per process
- summarize total memory usage per user
- check memory usage of a specific PID
- monitor swap usage of running programs
When to choose
- you need accurate per-program RAM accounting including shared memory on Linux
- you want a quick CLI snapshot of memory usage without installing heavy monitoring stacks
- you need per-user or per-PID memory breakdowns from the command line
When to avoid
- you need continuous time-series memory monitoring or alerting
- you are on a non-Linux platform, as it relies on Linux /proc semantics
- you need GUI-based system monitoring dashboards
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
monitoring developer-tools performance operating-systems python cli memory-usage ram-reporting process-monitoring shared-memory command-line linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pixelb/ps_mem · fetched 2026-08-28 · 81820ee423e5
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/ps_mem/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 11cacbd66315
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pixelb/ps_mem | main | 32 |
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