ps-list

Get running processes

Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Install

npm install ps-list

Usage

import psList from 'ps-list';

console.log(await psList());
//=> [{pid: 3213, name: 'node', cmd: 'node test.js', ppid: 1, uid: 501, cpu: 0.1, memory: 1.5}, …]

API

psList(options?)

Returns a Promise<object[]> with the running processes.

On macOS and Linux, the name property is truncated to 15 characters by the system. The cmd property can be used to extract the full name.

The cmd, cpu, memory, and uid properties are not supported on Windows.

options

Type: object

all

Type: boolean
Default: true

Include other users' processes as well as your own.

On Windows this has no effect and will always be the users' own processes.

Related

• fastlist - The binary used in this module to list the running processes on Windows