process-inspector 0.1.0

A Python package for cross-platform process management, providing process data as dicts/JSON and allowing process control (start, stop, kill) on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Process Inspector

Overview

A Python package for cross-platform process management, providing process data as dicts/JSON and allowing process control (start, stop, kill) on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Installation

Use uv or pip.

uv pip install process-inspector
python3 -m pip install process-inspector

Development

To get a list of all commands with descriptions simply run make.

make env
make pip_install_editable

Testing

make pytest
make coverage
make open_coverage

Issues

If you experience any issues, please create an issue on Github.

Example Usage

from process_inspector import NativeApp
from process_inpsector import OperatingSystem

# This operation requires sudo priveleges on Linux and Mac so ensure you allow it for the user the application is running under.
OperatingSystem().reboot()

History

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

0.1.0 (2025-08-06)

• First release

0.1.1 (2025-09-04)

• ADDED: Support for getting Windows Firewall status and rules

0.2.0 (2025-09-09)

• CHANGED: get_device_info now returns a displays key which is a list of connected displays
• CHANGED: get_gpu_info now returns a list of dicts (one for each GPU)
• ADDED: get_display_info returns a list of dicts (one for each display)
• CHANGED: For backawards compatability, when calling get_device_info, the gpu key will be an object if only one GPU detected.