zombie-killer

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Reap zombie processes on your VPS instantly.

AuthorDunc4nJ
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

Detects zombie (defunct) processes on a VPS and reaps them by terminating their parent processes, helping free PID table entries and improve responsiveness.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Scan for zombie processes and identify their parent processes to understand what's holding zombies.
  • Kill parent processes holding zombies to reap the zombies, skipping init/systemd and avoiding the tool's own process tree.
  • Install cron-based monitoring to automatically detect zombies and generate alerts when thresholds are exceeded.

Quick Start

Run zombie-killer.sh scan to detect zombies, then run zombie-killer.sh kill to reap them, or install cron monitoring with zombie-killer.sh install-cron.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

scripts

💻 Claude Code Installation

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Please help me install this Skill:
Name: zombie-killer
Download link: https://github.com/Dunc4nJ/agent-skills/archive/main.zip#zombie-killer

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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