Process Killer TUI in Rust

An easy to use terminal-based process viewer and killer written in Rust. Equipped with fuzzy search, live updates, sorting modes, and smart grouping.

Pre-built binary for Linux available on the releases page.

Install (with Rust)

git clone https://github.com/purinsu14/quick-process-killer-tui.git
cd process-killer-tui
cargo install --path .
quick-process-killer-tui

or just run directly (in the project directory):

cargo run

Install with binary (no Rust needed)

Download the binary, open terminal in the download path, then:

chmod +x <filename>
./<filename>

Controls

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Navigate the process list
k	Kill the selected process group
s	Cycle sort mode (Name → CPU → Memory)
q	Quit
/	Open search bar
Backspace	Delete last search character
Esc	Clear search

Notes

• Memory is reported as the peak usage among processes in a group.
• k sends a kill signal to all PIDs in that group.
• Run with sudo to kill system-level or other-user processes.

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Made by purinsu14