procs utility overview

procs is a command-line utility for displaying information about active processes, designed as a modern replacement for the standard ps command. It supports all ps functionality and adds colorized, human-readable output, process tree view, watch mode with a configurable refresh interval, and additional information not available in ps.

Installation

Download the archive from GitHub:

wget https://github.com/dalance/procs/releases/download/v0.9.6/procs-v0.9.6-x86_64-lnx.zip

Extract the archive:

unzip procs-v0.9.6-x86_64-lnx.zip

Move the binary to a system directory:

mv procs /usr/local/sbin/

Usage

Display the process tree:

procs --tree

Process tree in procs

Filter processes using OR logic — show everything related to php-fpm:

procs --or php-fpm

Filtering processes by php-fpm

Show nginx processes sorted by memory usage:

procs --or nginx

Filtering processes by nginx

Run in watch mode with a filter and memory sorting:

procs --or cloud --sortd mem --watch

To display all processes without any filters, run the utility with no arguments:

procs

Parameters can be set via the command line or through the configuration file at ~/.config/procs/config.toml. Full documentation is available on GitHub.