qkill

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qkill

Quickly kill processes. Cross-platform. Interactive substring search.

Install

go install github.com/ogpourya/qkill@latest

Usage

# interactive TUI
qkill

# kill by pid
qkill 1337

# kill by name
qkill chrome

# kill by port
qkill :8080

# force kill (SIGKILL)
qkill -f 1337 chrome :3000

Interactive TUI

Processes are displayed in bordered boxes sorted by RAM usage (descending). Each box shows PID, memory, process name, and the command line with shell syntax highlighting.

Long command lines are wrapped to fit the terminal width.

Keys

key	action
type	substring search (name, pid, cmdline)
↑ ↓	navigate
enter	kill (SIGTERM) — if process still alive after 3s, prompts for force kill
ctrl+c	quit
esc	clear query / quit (when query empty)

Kill flow

1. Press enter on a process → sends SIGTERM
2. If the process is already dead → exits immediately
3. Waits 3 seconds, then checks if the process still exists
4. If still alive → prompts process X still running — force kill? (y/n)
5. y / enter → sends SIGKILL and exits
6. n / esc → exits without killing

License

MIT