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A lightweight CLI tool for managing NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and Apple Silicon GPUs. List, monitor, and control GPU processes with ease.

📊 Monitor: See GPU usage, memory, temperature, and running processes
⚡ Kill: Gracefully terminate GPU processes (with force option)
🔄 Reset: Reset individual GPUs or all GPUs
👀 Watch: Real-time monitoring with auto-refresh
🎯 Filter: Advanced process filtering and batch operations
📈 Audit: Track GPU usage history and generate usage reports
🔧 Multi-Vendor: Support for NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, and Apple Silicon GPUs

NVIDIA: NVIDIA drivers installed
AMD: ROCm drivers installed
Intel: intel-gpu-tools package installed
Apple Silicon: macOS with Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
OS: Linux, macOS, or Windows

### Build from Source git clone <repository-url> cd gpu-kill cargo build --release # Install from Cargo cargo install gpukill # List your GPUs gpukill --list # Watch GPU usage in real-time gpukill --list --watch # Kill a stuck process gpukill --kill --pid 12345 # Reset a GPU gpukill --reset --gpu 0

Monitor training job:

gpukill --list --watch --details

Kill stuck process:

gpukill --kill --pid 12345 --force

Kill all Python processes:

gpukill --kill --filter "python.*" --batch --force

Monitor specific GPU vendor:

gpukill --list --vendor nvidia --watch gpukill --list --vendor amd --watch gpukill --list --vendor intel --watch gpukill --list --vendor apple --watch

Reset crashed GPU:

gpukill --reset --gpu 0 --force

Export stats for logging:

gpukill --list --output json > gpu_stats.json

View GPU usage history:

gpukill --audit # Show last 24 hours gpukill --audit --audit-hours 6 # Show last 6 hours gpukill --audit --audit-summary # Show usage summary

Filter audit by user or process:

gpukill --audit --audit-user john # Show only john's usage gpukill --audit --audit-process python # Show only Python processes

"No GPU vendors available"

Install drivers for your GPU vendor (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, or Apple Silicon)
Check nvidia-smi, rocm-smi, intel_gpu_top, or system_profiler works

"Permission denied"

Try sudo gpukill --list first

"GPU not found"

Check GPU index with gpukill --list

"No audit records found"

Run gpukill --list first to generate audit data
Check audit data directory: ~/.local/share/gpukill/ (Linux) or ~/Library/Application Support/gpukill/ (macOS)

gpukill --help # Show all options gpukill --version # Show version

For advanced configuration, detailed API documentation, and developer information, see DETAILED.md.

FSL-1.1-MIT License - see LICENSE for details.