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    shirou/gopsutil

    psutil for golang

    backend
    go
    golang
    system-information
    Go
    NOASSERTION
    11.9K stars
    1.7K forks
    11.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 2, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 338 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 37% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a Go library to retrieve detailed system and process information across multiple platforms without using cgo.
    • Offers broad cross-platform support with consistent APIs and platform-specific extensions for accessing unique system metrics.
    • Use for monitoring system resources like CPU, memory, disk, and network usage in Go-based infrastructure tools.
    • Use for gathering detailed process information such as CPU times, memory usage, and open files for performance analysis.
    • Use for developing cross-platform system utilities that require access to host, Docker, and virtualization metrics.

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    From the README

    This is a port of psutil (https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil). The challenge is porting all psutil functions on some architectures.

    There are some breaking changes. Please see v4 release note.

    Excerpt from the shirou/gopsutil README on GitHub (NOASSERTION license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

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    Open issues

    225+6

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