earlyoom

earlyoom checks the amount of available memory and free swap up to 10 times a second (less often if there is a lot of free memory). By default if both are below 10%, it will kill the largest process (highest oom_score). The percentage value is configurable via command line arguments.

Name
earlyoom
Main Program
earlyoom
Programs
  • earlyoom
Homepage
Version
1.9.0
License
Maintainers
Platforms
  • aarch64-linux
  • armv5tel-linux
  • armv6l-linux
  • armv7a-linux
  • armv7l-linux
  • i686-linux
  • loongarch64-linux
  • m68k-linux
  • microblaze-linux
  • microblazeel-linux
  • mips-linux
  • mips64-linux
  • mips64el-linux
  • mipsel-linux
  • powerpc-linux
  • powerpc64-linux
  • powerpc64le-linux
  • riscv32-linux
  • riscv64-linux
  • s390-linux
  • s390x-linux
  • x86_64-linux
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