Fabulously kill processes. Cross-platform.

Works on macOS (10.13 or later), Linux, Windows.

Install

npm install fkill

Usage

import fkill from 'fkill';

await fkill(1337);
console.log('Killed process');

fkill('Safari');
fkill(':8080');

fkill([1337, 'Safari', ':8080']);

API

fkill(input, options?)

Returns a promise that resolves when the processes are killed.

input

Type: number | string | Array<number | string>

One or more process IDs/names/ports to kill.

To kill a port, prefix it with a colon. For example: :8080.

On Windows, process extensions are optional. For example, both fkill('notepad') and fkill('notepad.exe') work.

options

Type: object

force

Type: boolean
Default: false

Force kill the processes.

forceAfterTimeout

Type: number
Default: undefined

Force kill processes that did not exit within the given number of milliseconds.

tree

Type: boolean
Default: true

Kill all child processes along with the parent process. (Windows only)

ignoreCase

Type: boolean
Default: false

Ignore capitalization when killing a process.

Note that the case is always ignored on Windows.

silent

Type: boolean
Default: false

Suppress all error messages. For example: Process doesn't exist.

waitForExit

Type: number
Default: undefined

Wait for processes to exit before returning.

Specifies the maximum time to wait in milliseconds. If processes haven't exited by then, an error is thrown (unless silent: true).

// Wait up to 2 seconds for Chrome to exit
await fkill('chrome', {waitForExit: 2000});

// Wait up to 5 seconds for database to shutdown gracefully
await fkill(dbPid, {waitForExit: 5000});

Related

• fkill-cli - CLI for this module
• alfred-fkill - Alfred workflow for this module