Rust TUI · Ratatui · macOS · Linux

Inspect real processes. Learn what they mean.

A read-only terminal process explorer for developers, learners, and curious users who want process trees, open files, ports, and OS fundamentals in one polished interface.

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process-inspector

[ Inspect processes ]
[ Learn with live examples ]

PID     PPID    CPU    MEM      STATUS   NAME
19214   9182    12.4   210.3M   Run      node
19242   19214   3.1    88.7M    Sleep    npm

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Explain:
node is a running program instance with PID 19214.

Built for inspection and learning

Inspect

Search running processes, inspect focused parent-child relationships, read details, inspect open files and ports, and export snapshots for debugging.

Learn

Follow guided lessons that use your live machine to explain PID, PPID, CPU, memory, status, and command paths.

Diagnose

Switch between Summary, Tree, Files, Ports, and Explain views without leaving the keyboard.

Export

Write JSON or text snapshots for debugging, teaching, demos, or issue reports.

Install

git clone https://github.com/omekum99/process-inspector.git
cd process-inspector
cargo install --path .
process-inspector

Roadmap

GitHub Releases with macOS and Linux binaries.
crates.io publication for cargo install process-inspector.
Homebrew tap after the first stable release.
npm and pipx wrapper packages later for convenience installs.