psutil
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🎯 Best for:Developers building custom monitoring agents or system management scripts in Python.
What is psutil?
A cross-platform library for retrieving information on running processes and system utilization in Python. It provides a unified API for CPU, memory, disks, network, and sensors across Linux, Windows, and macOS.
Tech Stack
PythonMonitoring & Logs
Why psutil?
- • Comprehensive system metrics
- • Stable and mature API
- • No external dependencies
Limitations
- • Library only (no UI)
- • Requires C compilation
- • Python performance overhead
3/6/2026
Last Update
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Forks
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Issues
BSD-3-Clause
License
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