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fkill-cli

Fabulously kill processes. Cross-platform.

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fkill


Fabulously kill processes. Cross-platform.

Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Install

npm install --global fkill-cli

Usage

$ fkill --help

	Usage
		$ fkill [<pid|name|:port> …]

	Options
		--force, -f                  Force kill
		--verbose, -v                Show process arguments
		--silent, -s                 Silently kill and always exit with code 0
		--force-timeout <N>, -t <N>  Force kill processes which didn't exit after N seconds
		--smart-case                 Case-insensitive unless pattern contains uppercase
		--case-sensitive             Force case-sensitive matching

	Examples
		$ fkill 1337
		$ fkill safari
		$ fkill :8080
		$ fkill 1337 safari :8080
		$ fkill

	To kill a port, prefix it with a colon. For example: :8080.

	Run without arguments to use the interactive interface.
	In interactive mode, 🚦n% indicates high CPU usage and 🐏n% indicates high memory usage.
	Supports fuzzy search in the interactive mode.

	The process name is case-insensitive by default.

Interactive UI

Run fkill without arguments to launch the interactive UI.

  • fkill - API for this package
  • alfred-fkill - Alfred workflow for this package

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Package last updated on 09 Nov 2025

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