TL;DR — Quick Summary

Procs is a modern replacement for ps written in Rust. Color-coded output, tree view, multi-column keyword search, Docker support, and configurable columns.

Procs makes process listing beautiful and useful. Instead of memorizing ps aux | grep something, just run procs something — you get color-coded, searchable results with CPU, memory, ports, and Docker info.

Installation

# macOS
brew install procs

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S procs

# Cargo
cargo install procs

# Snap
snap install procs

Usage

# List all processes (color-coded)
procs

# Search for a process (searches ALL columns)
procs node
procs firefox
procs 8080     # Find process using port 8080

# Tree view (show parent-child hierarchy)
procs --tree

# Watch mode (continuous monitoring)
procs --watch
procs --watch-interval 2

# Sort by CPU
procs --sorta cpu    # ascending
procs --sortd mem    # descending

# Show specific columns
procs --insert TcpPort,UdpPort

# JSON output
procs --output json

Key Features

Featureprocspshtop
Color✅ Auto❌✅
Tree view✅❌ (pstree)✅
Search✅ Multi-column❌ (grep)✅
Docker names✅❌❌
TCP/UDP ports✅❌❌
Watch mode✅❌✅
Config file✅ TOML❌❌
Written inRustCC

Configuration

# ~/.config/procs/config.toml
[[columns]]
kind = "Pid"
style = "BrightYellow"
align = "Right"

[[columns]]
kind = "Username"

[[columns]]
kind = "Cpu"
style = "BrightRed"

[[columns]]
kind = "Mem"

[[columns]]
kind = "Command"

Summary

  • Procs is a modern, color-coded ps replacement written in Rust
  • Multi-column keyword search — procs node searches name, ports, user, etc.
  • Tree view for process hierarchies, Docker container names, port info
  • Watch mode for continuous monitoring like top
  • Configurable columns and styling via TOML config file