clear-memory-cache

A CLI tool to clear Windows caches and standby memory via Rammap (Sysinternals).

Prerequisites

• Rammap must be installed and available in PATH (Sysinternals RAMMap)
• Windows (PowerShell / Windows Terminal)

Install

npm install --global clear-memory-cache

Usage

$ clear-memory-cache <command> [options]
$ cmc <command> [options]

Commands

| Command | Description | | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | memory-clear | Empty all process working sets (rammap -Et) | | cache-clear | Empty system working set / caches (rammap -Es) | | empty-standby-memory | Empty standby list (rammap -E0) | | clear-pm-cache | Clear package manager caches (see options below) | | clear-all | Run memory-clear + empty-standby-memory + clear-pm-cache --all | | smart-clear | Analyze memory and clear only what is necessary | | version | Show version number | | about | Show package info | | help | Show help |

clear-pm-cache options

| Flag | Runs | | -------- | ------------------------- | | --bun | bun pm cache rm -g | | --npm | npm cache rm -g --force | | --pnpm | pnpm cache delete | | --yarn | yarn cache clean | | --all | All of the above |

smart-clear thresholds

| Free RAM | Status | Action | | -------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | < 10% | 🚨 CRITICAL | memory-clear + empty-standby-memory + cache-clear | | 10–20% | ⚠️ LOW | empty-standby-memory + cache-clear | | 20–40% | 🟡 MODERATE | cache-clear | | > 40% | ✅ HEALTHY | No action needed |

Examples

cmc memory-clear
cmc cache-clear
cmc empty-standby-memory
cmc clear-pm-cache --npm
cmc clear-pm-cache --all
cmc clear-all
cmc smart-clear
clear-memory-cache clear-pm-cache --all
clear-memory-cache empty-standby-memory