Procs

procs Plugin

A modern replacement for ps written in Rust. View and manage processes with advanced filtering, sorting, and visualization capabilities.

Commands

Process Viewing

• procs process list — List and filter processes

Utility

• procs _ _ — Passthrough to procs CLI

Usage Examples

• "List all processes"
• "View running processes"
• "Monitor system processes"
• "Show process tree"

Installation

brew install procs

Or via Cargo:

cargo install procs

Examples

# List all processes
procs process list

# Sort by CPU usage
procs process list --sort cpu

# Sort by memory
procs process list --sort mem

# Tree view
procs process list --tree

# Watch mode (refresh every second)
procs process list --watch

# Add custom column
procs process list --insert user

# Hide header
procs process list --no-header

# Color output
procs process list --color always

# Any procs command with passthrough
procs _ _ --tree --sort cpu
procs _ _ --watch --sort mem

Key Features

• Modern ps - Better than traditional ps
• Tree view - Show process hierarchy
• Watch mode - Auto-refresh process list
• Sorting - Sort by any column
• Custom columns - Add/remove columns
• Color output - Highlight important info
• Fast - Written in Rust for speed
• Cross-platform - Linux, macOS, Windows
• Filtering - Search and filter processes
• Docker aware - Show container names

Notes

• Default shows all processes
• Press Ctrl+C to exit watch mode
• Can filter by name or PID
• Shows CPU, memory, and other stats
• Great for system monitoring