Show HN: Brutus CLI – Tiny Dagger to Kill Your Mac's Caesar

Category: cli-tool

Tags: macos, process-management, cli, resource-monitoring, agents

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

Brutus is a macOS CLI tool that identifies resource-hungry subprocesses (e.g., from agent harnesses) and allows surgical termination of the top candidate, minimizing disruption to other work. It uses native C and macOS APIs to sample memory, swap, CPU, and SSD pressure, presenting a TUI for selection. The project fills a niche for developers running many agents, offering a lightweight alternative to Activity Monitor.

Target audience: macOS developers and power users running multiple concurrent processes, especially those using AI agent harnesses

Repository: https://github.com/smashah/brutus · C · MIT

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