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Quick links
===========

- `Home page <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil>`_
- `Install <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/INSTALL.rst>`_
- `Documentation <http://psutil.readthedocs.io>`_
- `Download <https://pypi.org/project/psutil/#files>`_
- `Forum <http://groups.google.com/group/psutil/topics>`_
- `StackOverflow <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/psutil>`_
- `Blog <http://grodola.blogspot.com/search/label/psutil>`_
- `Development guide <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/docs/DEVGUIDE.rst>`_
- `What's new <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/HISTORY.rst>`_

Summary
=======

psutil (process and system utilities) is a cross-platform library for
retrieving information on **running processes** and **system utilization**
(CPU, memory, disks, network, sensors) in Python.
It is useful mainly for **system monitoring**, **profiling and limiting process
resources** and **management of running processes**.
It implements many functionalities offered by classic UNIX command line tools
such as *ps, top, iotop, lsof, netstat, ifconfig, free* and others.
psutil currently supports the following platforms:

- **Linux**
- **Windows**
- **macOS**
- **FreeBSD, OpenBSD**, **NetBSD**
- **Sun Solaris**
- **AIX**

...both **32-bit** and **64-bit** architectures. Supported Python versions are **2.6**, **2.7** and **3.4+**. `PyPy <http://pypy.org/>`__ is also known to work.

psutil for enterprise
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Security
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Example applications
====================

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Also see `scripts directory <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/tree/master/scripts>`__
and `doc recipes <http://psutil.readthedocs.io/#recipes/>`__.

Projects using psutil
=====================

psutil has roughly the following monthly downloads:

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There are over
`10.000 open source projects <https://libraries.io/pypi/psutil/dependent_repositories?page=1>`__
on github which depend from psutil.
Here's some I find particularly interesting:

- https://github.com/google/grr
- https://github.com/facebook/osquery/
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances
- https://github.com/Jahaja/psdash
- https://github.com/ajenti/ajenti
- https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/


Portings
========

- Go: https://github.com/shirou/gopsutil
- C: https://github.com/hamon-in/cpslib
- Node: https://github.com/christkv/node-psutil
- Rust: https://github.com/borntyping/rust-psutil
- Ruby: https://github.com/spacewander/posixpsutil
- Nim: https://github.com/johnscillieri/psutil-nim


Example usages
==============

This represents pretty much the whole psutil API.

CPU
---

.. code-block:: python

    >>> import psutil
    >>>
    >>> psutil.cpu_times()
    scputimes(user=3961.46, nice=169.729, system=2150.659, idle=16900.540, iowait=629.59, irq=0.0, softirq=19.42, steal=0.0, guest=0, nice=0.0)
    >>>
    >>> for x in range(3):
    ...     psutil.cpu_percent(interval=1)
    ...
    4.0
    5.9
    3.8
    >>>
    >>> for x in range(3):
    ...     psutil.cpu_percent(interval=1, percpu=True)
    ...
    [4.0, 6.9, 3.7, 9.2]
    [7.0, 8.5, 2.4, 2.1]
    [1.2, 9.0, 9.9, 7.2]
    >>>
    >>> for x in range(3):
    ...     psutil.cpu_times_percent(interval=1, percpu=False)
    ...
    scputimes(user=1.5, nice=0.0, system=0.5, idle=96.5, iowait=1.5, irq=0.0, softirq=0.0, steal=0.0, guest=0.0, guest_nice=0.0)
    scputimes(user=1.0, nice=0.0, system=0.0, idle=99.0, iowait=0.0, irq=0.0, softirq=0.0, steal=0.0, guest=0.0, guest_nice=0.0)
    scputimes(user=2.0, nice=0.0, system=0.0, idle=98.0, iowait=0.0, irq=0.0, softirq=0.0, steal=0.0, guest=0.0, guest_nice=0.0)
    >>>
    >>> psutil.cpu_count()
    4
    >>> psutil.cpu_count(logical=False)
    2
    >>>
    >>> psutil.cpu_stats()
    scpustats(ctx_switches=20455687, interrupts=6598984, soft_interrupts=2134212, syscalls=0)
    >>>
    >>> psutil.cpu_freq()
    scpufreq(current=931.42925, min=800.0, max=3500.0)
    >>>
    >>> psutil.getloadavg()  # also on Windows (emulated)
    (3.14, 3.89, 4.67)

Memory
------

.. code-block:: python

    >>> psutil.virtual_memory()
    svmem(total=10367352832, available=6472179712, percent=37.6, used=8186245120, free=2181107712, active=4748992512, inactive=2758115328, buffers=790724608, cached=3500347392, shared=787554304)
    >>> psutil.swap_memory()
    sswap(total=2097147904, used=296128512, free=1801019392, percent=14.1, sin=304193536, sout=677842944)
    >>>

Disks
-----

.. code-block:: python

    >>> psutil.disk_partitions()
    [sdiskpart(device='/dev/sda1', mountpoint='/', fstype='ext4', opts='rw,nosuid'),
     sdiskpart(device='/dev/sda2', mountpoint='/home', fstype='ext, opts='rw')]
    >>>
    >>> psutil.disk_usage('/')
    sdiskusage(total=21378641920, used=4809781248, free=15482871808, percent=22.5)
    >>>
    >>> psutil.disk_io_counters(perdisk=False)
    sdiskio(read_count=719566, write_count=1082197, read_bytes=18626220032, write_bytes=24081764352, read_time=5023392, write_time=63199568, read_merged_count=619166, write_merged_count=812396, busy_time=4523412)
    >>>

Network
-------

.. code-block:: python

    >>> psutil.net_io_counters(pernic=True)
    {'eth0': netio(bytes_sent=485291293, bytes_recv=6004858642, packets_sent=3251564, packets_recv=4787798, errin=0, errout=0, dropin=0, dropout=0),
     'lo': netio(bytes_sent=2838627, bytes_recv=2838627, packets_sent=30567, packets_recv=30567, errin=0, errout=0, dropin=0, dropout=0)}
    >>>
    >>> psutil.net_connections()
    [sconn(fd=115, family=<AddressFamily.AF_INET: 2>, type=<SocketType.SOCK_STREAM: 1>, laddr=addr(ip='10.0.0.1', port=48776), raddr=addr(ip='93.186.135.91', port=80), status='ESTABLISHED', pid=1254),
     sconn(fd=117, family=<AddressFamily.AF_INET: 2>, type=<SocketType.SOCK_STREAM: 1>, laddr=addr(ip='10.0.0.1', port=43761), raddr=addr(ip='72.14.234.100', port=80), status='CLOSING', pid=2987),
     ...]
    >>>
    >>> psutil.net_if_addrs()
    {'lo': [snicaddr(family=<AddressFamily.AF_INET: 2>, address='127.0.0.1', netmask='255.0.0.0', broadcast='127.0.0.1', ptp=None),
            snicaddr(family=<AddressFamily.AF_INET6: 10>, address='::1', netmask='ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff', broadcast=None, ptp=None),
            snicaddr(family=<AddressFamily.AF_LINK: 17>, address='00:00:00:00:00:00', netmask=None, broadcast='00:00:00:00:00:00', ptp=None)],
     'wlan0': [snicaddr(family=<AddressFamily.AF_INET: 2>, address='192.168.1.3', netmask='255.255.255.0', broadcast='192.168.1.255', ptp=None),
               snicaddr(family=<AddressFamily.AF_INET6: 10>, address='fe80::c685:8ff:fe45:641%wlan0', netmask='ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff::', broadcast=None, ptp=None),
               snicaddr(family=<AddressFamily.AF_LINK: 17>, address='c4:85:08:45:06:41', netmask=None, broadcast='ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff', ptp=None)]}
    >>>
    >>> psutil.net_if_stats()
    {'lo': snicstats(isup=True, duplex=<NicDuplex.NIC_DUPLEX_UNKNOWN: 0>, speed=0, mtu=65536),
     'wlan0': snicstats(isup=True, duplex=<NicDuplex.NIC_DUPLEX_FULL: 2>, speed=100, mtu=1500)}
    >>>

Sensors
-------

.. code-block:: python

    >>> import psutil
    >>> psutil.sensors_temperatures()
    {'acpitz': [shwtemp(label='', current=47.0, high=103.0, critical=103.0)],
     'asus': [shwtemp(label='', current=47.0, high=None, critical=None)],
     'coretemp': [shwtemp(label='Physical id 0', current=52.0, high=100.0, critical=100.0),
                  shwtemp(label='Core 0', current=45.0, high=100.0, critical=100.0)]}
    >>>
    >>> psutil.sensors_fans()
    {'asus': [sfan(label='cpu_fan', current=3200)]}
    >>>
    >>> psutil.sensors_battery()
    sbattery(percent=93, secsleft=16628, power_plugged=False)
    >>>

Other system info
-----------------

.. code-block:: python

    >>> import psutil
    >>> psutil.users()
    [suser(name='giampaolo', terminal='pts/2', host='localhost', started=1340737536.0, pid=1352),
     suser(name='giampaolo', terminal='pts/3', host='localhost', started=1340737792.0, pid=1788)]
    >>>
    >>> psutil.boot_time()
    1365519115.0
    >>>

Process management
------------------

.. code-block:: python

    >>> import psutil
    >>> psutil.pids()
    [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 46, 48, 50, 51, 178, 182, 222, 223, 224, 268, 1215, 1216, 1220, 1221, 1243, 1244,
     1301, 1601, 2237, 2355, 2637, 2774, 3932, 4176, 4177, 4185, 4187, 4189, 4225, 4243, 4245, 4263, 4282,
     4306, 4311, 4312, 4313, 4314, 4337, 4339, 4357, 4358, 4363, 4383, 4395, 4408, 4433, 4443, 4445, 4446,
     5167, 5234, 5235, 5252, 5318, 5424, 5644, 6987, 7054, 7055, 7071]
    >>>
    >>> p = psutil.Process(7055)
    >>> p
    psutil.Process(pid=7055, name='python', started='09:04:44')
    >>> p.name()
    'python'
    >>> p.exe()
    '/usr/bin/python'
    >>> p.cwd()
    '/home/giampaolo'
    >>> p.cmdline()
    ['/usr/bin/python', 'main.py']
    >>>
    >>> p.pid
    7055
    >>> p.ppid()
    7054
    >>> p.children(recursive=True)
    [psutil.Process(pid=29835, name='python2.7', started='11:45:38'),
     psutil.Process(pid=29836, name='python2.7', started='11:43:39')]
    >>>
    >>> p.parent()
    psutil.Process(pid=4699, name='bash', started='09:06:44')
    >>> p.parents()
    [psutil.Process(pid=4699, name='bash', started='09:06:44'),
     psutil.Process(pid=4689, name='gnome-terminal-server', started='0:06:44'),
     psutil.Process(pid=1, name='systemd', started='05:56:55')]
    >>>
    >>> p.status()
    'running'
    >>> p.username()
    'giampaolo'
    >>> p.create_time()
    1267551141.5019531
    >>> p.terminal()
    '/dev/pts/0'
    >>>
    >>> p.uids()
    puids(real=1000, effective=1000, saved=1000)
    >>> p.gids()
    pgids(real=1000, effective=1000, saved=1000)
    >>>
    >>> p.cpu_times()
    pcputimes(user=1.02, system=0.31, children_user=0.32, children_system=0.1, iowait=0.0)
    >>> p.cpu_percent(interval=1.0)
    12.1
    >>> p.cpu_affinity()
    [0, 1, 2, 3]
    >>> p.cpu_affinity([0, 1])  # set
    >>> p.cpu_num()
    1
    >>>
    >>> p.memory_info()
    pmem(rss=10915840, vms=67608576, shared=3313664, text=2310144, lib=0, data=7262208, dirty=0)
    >>> p.memory_full_info()  # "real" USS memory usage (Linux, macOS, Win only)
    pfullmem(rss=10199040, vms=52133888, shared=3887104, text=2867200, lib=0, data=5967872, dirty=0, uss=6545408, pss=6872064, swap=0)
    >>> p.memory_percent()
    0.7823
    >>> p.memory_maps()
    [pmmap_grouped(path='/lib/x8664-linux-gnu/libutil-2.15.so', rss=32768, size=2125824, pss=32768, shared_clean=0, shared_dirty=0, private_clean=20480, private_dirty=12288, referenced=32768, anonymous=12288, swap=0),
     pmmap_grouped(path='/lib/x8664-linux-gnu/libc-2.15.so', rss=3821568, size=3842048, pss=3821568, shared_clean=0, shared_dirty=0, private_clean=0, private_dirty=3821568, referenced=3575808, anonymous=3821568, swap=0),
     pmmap_grouped(path='[heap]',  rss=32768, size=139264, pss=32768, shared_clean=0, shared_dirty=0, private_clean=0, private_dirty=32768, referenced=32768, anonymous=32768, swap=0),
     pmmap_grouped(path='[stack]', rss=2465792, size=2494464, pss=2465792, shared_clean=0, shared_dirty=0, private_clean=0, private_dirty=2465792, referenced=2277376, anonymous=2465792, swap=0),
     ...]
    >>>
    >>> p.io_counters()
    pio(read_count=478001, write_count=59371, read_bytes=700416, write_bytes=69632, read_chars=456232, write_chars=517543)
    >>>
    >>> p.open_files()
    [popenfile(path='/home/giampaolo/monit.py', fd=3, position=0, mode='r', flags=32768),
     popenfile(path='/var/log/monit.log', fd=4, position=235542, mode='a', flags=33793)]
    >>>
    >>> p.connections()
    [pconn(fd=115, family=<AddressFamily.AF_INET: 2>, type=<SocketType.SOCK_STREAM: 1>, laddr=addr(ip='10.0.0.1', port=48776), raddr=addr(ip='93.186.135.91', port=80), status='ESTABLISHED'),
     pconn(fd=117, family=<AddressFamily.AF_INET: 2>, type=<SocketType.SOCK_STREAM: 1>, laddr=addr(ip='10.0.0.1', port=43761), raddr=addr(ip='72.14.234.100', port=80), status='CLOSING')]
    >>>
    >>> p.num_threads()
    4
    >>> p.num_fds()
    8
    >>> p.threads()
    [pthread(id=5234, user_time=22.5, system_time=9.2891),
     pthread(id=5237, user_time=0.0707, system_time=1.1)]
    >>>
    >>> p.num_ctx_switches()
    pctxsw(voluntary=78, involuntary=19)
    >>>
    >>> p.nice()
    0
    >>> p.nice(10)  # set
    >>>
    >>> p.ionice(psutil.IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE)  # IO priority (Win and Linux only)
    >>> p.ionice()
    pionice(ioclass=<IOPriority.IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE: 3>, value=0)
    >>>
    >>> p.rlimit(psutil.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (5, 5))  # set resource limits (Linux only)
    >>> p.rlimit(psutil.RLIMIT_NOFILE)
    (5, 5)
    >>>
    >>> p.environ()
    {'LC_PAPER': 'it_IT.UTF-8', 'SHELL': '/bin/bash', 'GREP_OPTIONS': '--color=auto',
    'XDG_CONFIG_DIRS': '/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/usr/share/upstart/xdg:/etc/xdg',
     ...}
    >>>
    >>> p.as_dict()
    {'status': 'running', 'num_ctx_switches': pctxsw(voluntary=63, involuntary=1), 'pid': 5457, ...}
    >>> p.is_running()
    True
    >>> p.suspend()
    >>> p.resume()
    >>>
    >>> p.terminate()
    >>> p.kill()
    >>> p.wait(timeout=3)
    0
    >>>
    >>> psutil.test()
    USER         PID %CPU %MEM     VSZ     RSS TTY        START    TIME  COMMAND
    root           1  0.0  0.0   24584    2240            Jun17   00:00  init
    root           2  0.0  0.0       0       0            Jun17   00:00  kthreadd
    ...
    giampaolo  31475  0.0  0.0   20760    3024 /dev/pts/0 Jun19   00:00  python2.4
    giampaolo  31721  0.0  2.2  773060  181896            00:04   10:30  chrome
    root       31763  0.0  0.0       0       0            00:05   00:00  kworker/0:1
    >>>

Further process APIs
--------------------

.. code-block:: python

    >>> import psutil
    >>> for proc in psutil.process_iter(attrs=['pid', 'name']):
    ...     print(proc.info)
    ...
    {'pid': 1, 'name': 'systemd'}
    {'pid': 2, 'name': 'kthreadd'}
    {'pid': 3, 'name': 'ksoftirqd/0'}
    ...
    >>>
    >>> psutil.pid_exists(3)
    True
    >>>
    >>> def on_terminate(proc):
    ...     print("process {} terminated".format(proc))
    ...
    >>> # waits for multiple processes to terminate
    >>> gone, alive = psutil.wait_procs(procs_list, timeout=3, callback=on_terminate)
    >>>

Popen wrapper:

.. code-block:: python

    >>> import psutil
    >>> from subprocess import PIPE
    >>> p = psutil.Popen(["/usr/bin/python", "-c", "print('hello')"], stdout=PIPE)
    >>> p.name()
    'python'
    >>> p.username()
    'giampaolo'
    >>> p.communicate()
    ('hello\n', None)
    >>> p.wait(timeout=2)
    0
    >>>

Windows services
----------------

.. code-block:: python

    >>> list(psutil.win_service_iter())
    [<WindowsService(name='AeLookupSvc', display_name='Application Experience') at 38850096>,
     <WindowsService(name='ALG', display_name='Application Layer Gateway Service') at 38850128>,
     <WindowsService(name='APNMCP', display_name='Ask Update Service') at 38850160>,
     <WindowsService(name='AppIDSvc', display_name='Application Identity') at 38850192>,
     ...]
    >>> s = psutil.win_service_get('alg')
    >>> s.as_dict()
    {'binpath': 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\alg.exe',
     'description': 'Provides support for 3rd party protocol plug-ins for Internet Connection Sharing',
     'display_name': 'Application Layer Gateway Service',
     'name': 'alg',
     'pid': None,
     'start_type': 'manual',
     'status': 'stopped',
     'username': 'NT AUTHORITY\\LocalService'}


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