Alram is an alarm for RAM. It’s designed to help when available memory is below threshold, with optional task killer.
The tool shows you a warning when memory is below defined threshold. If you define kill list – it will kill those processes, when above happens.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/gladykov/alram
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Developer: Jakub Gladykowski
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
alram is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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| Smemstat | Reports the physical memory usage |
| mstat | Measure memory usage of a program over time |
| alram | Helps when available memory is below threshold, with optional task killer |
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