nixkill

nixkill

nixkill is a lightweight command-line tool that helps you quickly identify and terminate processes using a specific port or PID on your system. This is particularly useful for developers who need to free up occupied ports or terminate specific processes without manually searching for process IDs.

✨ Features

• Find and kill processes by port or PID 🛑
• Interactive confirmation before termination ⚠️
• Lightweight & easy to use ⚡
• Works on Linux & macOS 🐧🍏

🚀 Installation

Install via go install

To install nixkill using Go:

go install github.com/Benozo/nixkill@latest

Ensure $GOPATH/bin is in your system's PATH to run nixkill directly:

export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin

Install via Git (Manual Build)

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Benozo/nixkill.git
   

2. Navigate into the project directory:

   cd nixkill
   

3. Build the binary:

   go build -o nixkill
   

4. Make it executable:

   chmod +x nixkill
   

📌 Usage

Run nixkill to free up a specific port:

 ./nixkill 
Enter 'port' to kill A port or Enter 'pid' to kill BY PID (port/pid): port
Enter the port to kill: 8080
Processes [39420] are using port 8080.
Do you want to kill them? (y/n): y
Killing process 39420...
✅ Successfully killed process 39420

Run nixkill to kill a specific PID:

./nixkill 
Enter 'port' to kill A port or Enter 'pid' to kill BY PID (port/pid): pid
Enter the pid to kill: 37806
Do you want to kill process 37806? (y/n): y
Killing process 37806...
✅ Successfully killed process 37806

If a process is found, it will prompt for confirmation before terminating it.

🛠️ Roadmap & Contributions

We’re always looking to improve! Future enhancements may include:

• Windows support 🖥️

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests.

📜 License

nixkill is released under the MIT License.

🔗 GitHub Repository: github.com/Benozo/nixkill