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macOS utility app

Activity Monitor tells you
what happened.
PIDKill fixes it.

Auto-monitor and kill unwanted processes in the background. Set your targets once — PIDKill handles the rest.

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Targets
Set & Forget.
Add process names, toggle fuzzy match, choose scan frequency. PIDKill auto-kills them in the background. Kill log shows every action with timestamps.
Browse All
See Everything Running.
All processes sorted by memory. Filter by ALL / SYS / 3RD to separate system daemons from user apps. Click + to add any process to targets.
Inspect
I/O Monitor.
Real-time disk & network I/O ranking. Record sessions and replay them to trace which process spiked your disk. Export recordings for analysis.
Uninstall
Clean Removal.
Completely remove Apps, Homebrew, npm, pip packages. Scans ~/Library/ for residual files. Move to Trash for safe recovery.
See it in action

One app. Every angle.

01
Set Targets. Auto Kill.
Add processes by name with fuzzy or exact match. PIDKill continuously scans and kills them as they respawn. Toggle individual targets on/off. Kill log tracks every action.
Auto Scan Fuzzy Match Kill Log
02
Every Process. One View.
All running processes sorted by memory usage. Filter by ALL / SYS / 3RD to instantly separate system daemons from user apps. Click + to add any process to your kill targets.
Memory Sort SYS / 3RD Filter One-Click Add
03
I/O Monitor. Record. Replay.
Real-time disk & network I/O ranking by process. Hit REC to capture activity over time. Replay with a timeline scrubber to trace what happened. Export recordings for analysis.
Disk I/O Network I/O Record & Replay
04
Remove Apps. Clean Residuals.
Scan Apps, Homebrew, npm, pip packages. See every residual file — Application Support, Preferences, Caches. Select and move to Trash for safe recovery.
App Removal Residual Scan Safe Trash
Comparison

You already know Activity Monitor
isn't built for this.

Activity Monitor

System diagnostic tool

  • × Open Spotlight → search → wait for load → find process → confirm kill → done. 30 seconds.
  • × Process names don't match app names. Which "python3" is yours?
  • × No memory. You hunt the same zombie processes every single day.
  • × Kill one at a time. 47 Chrome helpers? Good luck.
  • × No auto-monitoring. You're the monitor.

PIDKill

Precision process killer

  • ✓ Open PIDKill. See targets. One click kills. 2 seconds.
  • ✓ Fuzzy search matches executable names, localized names, and paths.
  • ✓ Set your targets once. PIDKill remembers and auto-scans.
  • ✓ Kill all matching processes at once. Batch operations.
  • ✓ Continuous monitoring. Scan every 3–60 seconds, configurable.
  • ✓ Inspect: real-time disk & network I/O ranking. Record and replay sessions.
  • ✓ Uninstall: completely remove apps, Brew/npm/pip packages & residual files. Cleaner than drag-to-trash.
Real scenarios

Sound familiar?

iOS Developer
Xcode Residuals

Xcode crashed, but CoreSimulatorService and a few related processes are still eating memory. Opening Activity Monitor, searching, killing them one by one — tedious.

PIDKill: Add "Simulator" to targets. One click clears all residuals. SYS/3RD labels prevent accidental kills.
Full-Stack Engineer
Chrome Memory Hogs

Fans spinning. Dozens of Chrome Helper processes in Activity Monitor. Force-quit Chrome loses all your tabs. But which helpers are safe to kill?

PIDKill: Browse all Chrome helpers sorted by memory. Kill the heavy ones, keep your tabs alive.
Backend / DevOps
Docker Ghost Processes

docker-compose down finished, but port 8080 is still in use. A node process didn't exit cleanly. Maybe a redis-server too. Happens more often than you'd like.

PIDKill: Add docker, node, redis to scan list. See all residuals in one view, clear with one click.
UI/UX Designer
Adobe Background Daemons

You quit Photoshop but Adobe daemons keep running — CCXProcess, AdobeIPCBroker, CoreSync. Kill one in Activity Monitor, another respawns it.

PIDKill: Monitor all Adobe processes. Auto-scan kills them as they respawn. They stay dead.
Power User
Respawning Processes

Some processes restart seconds after you kill them. Creative Cloud, update agents, sync daemons — they have watchdogs that bring them right back.

PIDKill: Auto-scan every 3–60 seconds. Process respawns? PIDKill kills it again. Automatically. Persistently.
Features

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

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Auto Scan & Kill

Set target processes. PIDKill continuously scans and kills them as they appear. Configurable intervals: 3s, 5s, 10s, 30s, 60s. Launch at login for 24/7 protection.

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Fuzzy Matching

Match by executable name, localized display name, or path. Find "AirDrop" by typing its Japanese name. No more guessing process names.

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Inspect: I/O Monitor

Real-time disk & network I/O ranking by process. Record sessions and replay them to trace what happened. Find the process thrashing your SSD.

🗑

Uninstall & Cleanup

Completely remove Apps, Homebrew, npm, pip packages. Scans ~/Library/ and dotfiles for residuals. Move to Trash for safe recovery.

Quick start

Three steps. Two seconds.

01

Add your targets

Type a process name or browse running processes. Add to your kill list with one click. Supports fuzzy & exact match.

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02

Hit Start

PIDKill scans at your chosen interval. When a target process appears, it's killed immediately. No confirmation dialogs.

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03

Forget about it

PIDKill remembers your targets across reboots. Launch at login, and it just works quietly in the background. Forever.

Pricing

One price. No subscriptions.
No nonsense.

$3.99
One-time purchase. Yours forever.
  • All features unlocked
  • Unlimited target processes
  • Free updates
  • Export & import your config
  • macOS 12 Monterey and later
  • Apple Silicon & Intel native
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