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

- `Home page <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil>`_
- `Documentation <http://pythonhosted.org/psutil/>`_
- `Download <https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=psutil#downloads>`_
- `Forum <http://groups.google.com/group/psutil/topics>`_
- `Blog <http://grodola.blogspot.com/search/label/psutil>`_
- `What's new <https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/blob/master/HISTORY.rst>`_

=======
Summary
=======

psutil (python system and process utilities) is a cross-platform library for
retrieving information on **running processes** and **system utilization**
(CPU, memory, disks, network) 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 command line
tools such as: ps, top, lsof, netstat, ifconfig, who, df, kill, free, nice,
ionice, iostat, iotop, uptime, pidof, tty, taskset, pmap. It currently supports
**Linux, Windows, OSX, FreeBSD** and **Sun Solaris**, both **32-bit** and
**64-bit** architectures, with Python versions from **2.4 to 3.4**. PyPy is
also known to work.

====================
Example applications
====================

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See also:

 * https://github.com/nicolargo/glances
 * https://github.com/Jahaja/psdash
 * https://code.google.com/p/grr/

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

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
    >>>

Memory
======

.. code-block:: python

    >>> psutil.virtual_memory()
    svmem(total=8374149120L, available=2081050624L, percent=75.1, used=8074080256L, free=300068864L, active=3294920704, inactive=1361616896, buffers=529895424L, cached=1251086336)
    >>> psutil.swap_memory()
    sswap(total=2097147904L, used=296128512L, free=1801019392L, 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)
    >>>

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()
    [pconn(fd=115, family=2, type=1, laddr=('10.0.0.1', 48776), raddr=('93.186.135.91', 80), status='ESTABLISHED', pid=1254),
     pconn(fd=117, family=2, type=1, laddr=('10.0.0.1', 43761), raddr=('72.14.234.100', 80), status='CLOSING', pid=2987),
     pconn(fd=-1, family=2, type=1, laddr=('10.0.0.1', 60759), raddr=('72.14.234.104', 80), status='ESTABLISHED', pid=None),
     pconn(fd=-1, family=2, type=1, laddr=('10.0.0.1', 51314), raddr=('72.14.234.83', 443), status='SYN_SENT', pid=None)
     ...]

Other system info
=================

.. code-block:: python

    >>> psutil.users()
    [user(name='giampaolo', terminal='pts/2', host='localhost', started=1340737536.0),
     user(name='giampaolo', terminal='pts/3', host='localhost', started=1340737792.0)]
    >>>
    >>> 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.name()
    'python'
    >>> p.exe()
    '/usr/bin/python'
    >>> p.cwd()
    '/home/giampaolo'
    >>> p.cmdline()
    ['/usr/bin/python', 'main.py']
    >>>
    >>> 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)
    >>> p.cpu_percent(interval=1.0)
    12.1
    >>> p.cpu_affinity()
    [0, 1, 2, 3]
    >>> p.cpu_affinity([0])  # set
    >>>
    >>> p.memory_percent()
    0.63423
    >>>
    >>> p.memory_info()
    pmem(rss=7471104, vms=68513792)
    >>> p.ext_memory_info()
    extmem(rss=9662464, vms=49192960, shared=3612672, text=2564096, lib=0, data=5754880, dirty=0)
    >>> p.memory_maps()
    [pmmap_grouped(path='/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil-2.15.so', rss=16384, anonymous=8192, swap=0),
     pmmap_grouped(path='/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.15.so', rss=6384, anonymous=15, swap=0),
     pmmap_grouped(path='/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0', rss=34124, anonymous=1245, swap=0),
     pmmap_grouped(path='[heap]', rss=54653, anonymous=8192, swap=0),
     pmmap_grouped(path='[stack]', rss=1542, anonymous=166, swap=0),
     ...]
    >>>
    >>> p.io_counters()
    pio(read_count=478001, write_count=59371, read_bytes=700416, write_bytes=69632)
    >>>
    >>> p.open_files()
    [popenfile(path='/home/giampaolo/svn/psutil/somefile', fd=3)]
    >>>
    >>> p.connections()
    [pconn(fd=115, family=2, type=1, laddr=('10.0.0.1', 48776), raddr=('93.186.135.91', 80), status='ESTABLISHED'),
     pconn(fd=117, family=2, type=1, laddr=('10.0.0.1', 43761), raddr=('72.14.234.100', 80), status='CLOSING'),
     pconn(fd=119, family=2, type=1, laddr=('10.0.0.1', 60759), raddr=('72.14.234.104', 80), status='ESTABLISHED'),
     pconn(fd=123, family=2, type=1, laddr=('10.0.0.1', 51314), raddr=('72.14.234.83', 443), status='SYN_SENT')]
    >>>
    >>> p.num_threads()
    4
    >>> p.num_fds()
    8
    >>> p.threads()
    [pthread(id=5234, user_time=22.5, system_time=9.2891),
     pthread(id=5235, user_time=0.0, system_time=0.0),
     pthread(id=5236, user_time=0.0, system_time=0.0),
     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=3, value=0)
    >>>
    >>> p.rlimit(psutil.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (5, 5))  # set resource limits (Linux only)
    >>> p.rlimit(psutil.RLIMIT_NOFILE)
    (5, 5)
    >>>
    >>> p.suspend()
    >>> p.resume()
    >>>
    >>> p.terminate()
    >>> 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
    root           3  0.0  0.0       0       0            Jun17   00:05  ksoftirqd/0
    ...
    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

    >>> for p in psutil.process_iter():
    ...     print(p)
    ...
    psutil.Process(pid=1, name='init')
    psutil.Process(pid=2, name='kthreadd')
    psutil.Process(pid=3, name='ksoftirqd/0')
    ...
    >>>
    >>> def on_terminate(proc):
    ...     print("process {} terminated".format(proc))
    ...
    >>> # waits for multiple processes to terminate
    >>> gone, alive = psutil.wait_procs(procs_list, 3, callback=on_terminate)
    >>>

======
Donate
======

A lot of time and effort went into making psutil as it is right now.
If you feel psutil is useful to you or your business and want to support its future development please consider donating me (`Giampaolo Rodola' <http://grodola.blogspot.com/p/about.html>`_) some money.
I only ask for a small donation, but of course I appreciate any amount.

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============
Mailing list
============

http://groups.google.com/group/psutil/

========
Timeline
========

- 2014-09-26: `psutil-2.1.3.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-2.1.3.tar.gz>`_
- 2014-09-21: `psutil-2.1.2.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-2.1.2.tar.gz>`_
- 2014-04-30: `psutil-2.1.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-2.1.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2014-04-08: `psutil-2.1.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-2.1.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2014-03-10: `psutil-2.0.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-2.0.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-11-25: `psutil-1.2.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-1.2.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-11-20: `psutil-1.2.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-1.2.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-11-07: `psutil-1.1.3.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-1.1.3.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-10-22: `psutil-1.1.2.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-1.1.2.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-10-08: `psutil-1.1.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-1.1.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-09-28: `psutil-1.1.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-1.1.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-07-12: `psutil-1.0.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-1.0.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-07-10: `psutil-1.0.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-1.0.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-05-03: `psutil-0.7.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.7.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2013-04-12: `psutil-0.7.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.7.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2012-08-16: `psutil-0.6.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.6.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2012-08-13: `psutil-0.6.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.6.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2012-06-29: `psutil-0.5.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.5.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2012-06-27: `psutil-0.5.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.5.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2011-12-14: `psutil-0.4.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.4.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2011-10-29: `psutil-0.4.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.4.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2011-07-08: `psutil-0.3.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.3.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2011-03-20: `psutil-0.2.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.2.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2010-11-13: `psutil-0.2.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.2.0.tar.gz>`_
- 2010-03-02: `psutil-0.1.3.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.1.3.tar.gz>`_
- 2009-05-06: `psutil-0.1.2.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.1.2.tar.gz>`_
- 2009-03-06: `psutil-0.1.1.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.1.1.tar.gz>`_
- 2009-01-27: `psutil-0.1.0.tar.gz <https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psutil/psutil-0.1.0.tar.gz>`_