rip

Fuzzy find and kill processes from your terminal

Installation

Homebrew (macOS)

brew install cesarferreira/tap/rip

Cargo

cargo install rip-cli

From source

cargo install --path .

Nix

Test with nix run:

nix run github:cesarferreira/rip --no-write-lock-file

Install via flake

# In your local flake.nix file
inputs = {
  rip = {
    url = "github:cesarferreira/rip";
    inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
  };
};
Your output packages + rip
outputs = {
self,
nixpkgs,
rip,
...
};
In your configuration.nix
{  inputs, ...}:{
Your other configurations
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
# inputs.rip.packages.${$system}.default #<-old
inputs.rip.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.default #<- current
];
}

Usage

# Open fuzzy finder with all processes (sorted by CPU)
rip
Pre-filter by process name
rip -f chrome
Use a different signal (default: SIGKILL)
rip -s SIGTERM
Sort by memory usage
rip --sort mem
Sort by PID
rip --sort pid
Sort by name
rip --sort name
Live mode with auto-refreshing process list
rip --live

Ports Mode

Show and filter by processes listening on network ports:

# Show all processes with open ports
rip --ports
Filter to a specific port (e.g., kill whatever is using port 3000)
rip --port 3000
Combine with live mode
rip --ports --live
Sort by port number
rip --ports --sort port

Options

Flag	Description
-f, --filter <name>	Pre-filter processes by name
-s, --signal <signal>	Signal to send (default: KILL)
--sort <field>	Sort by: cpu (default), mem, pid, name, port
-l, --live	Live mode with auto-refreshing process list
--ports	Show only processes with open ports
--port <PORT>	Filter by specific port number (implies --ports)

Controls

Key	Action
Space	Select/deselect process
Enter	Kill selected processes
Esc / Ctrl+C	Cancel
Type	Fuzzy search

Signals

Signal	Number	Description
KILL	9	Force kill (default)
TERM	15	Graceful termination
INT	2	Interrupt
HUP	1	Hangup
QUIT	3	Quit

Examples

# Kill all matching Chrome processes
rip -f chrome
Gracefully terminate a process
rip -s TERM
Kill node processes
rip -f node
Kill whatever is using port 3000
rip --port 3000
View all processes with open ports in live mode
rip --ports --live

License

MIT