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process-exists - 5.0.0 | npmpackage.info

process-exists

Check if a process is running

5.0.0

MIT

JavaScript

1.28 kB

50,461,856 3.6

Installations

npm install process-exists

Developer Guide

BETA

Typescript

Yes

Module System

ESM

Min. Node Version

^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0

Node Version

12.22.1

NPM Version

8.1.0 Score

99.3

Supply Chain

85.9

Quality

75.5

Maintenance

100

Vulnerability

100

License

Pull Requests

Open

0

Total

8

Closed

1

Merged

7

Issues

Open

2

Total

5

Closed

3

Releases

v5.0.0

Updated on Nov 04, 2021

v4.1.0

Updated on Jul 09, 2021

v4.0.0

Updated on Dec 22, 2019

View All 3 releases

Languages

JavaScript

TypeScript

JavaScript (82.9%)

TypeScript (17.1%)

Developer

sindresorhus

Download Statistics

Total Downloads

50,461,856

Last Day

13,580

Last Week

188,009

Last Month

835,977

Last Year

9,920,094

GitHub Statistics

MIT License

58 Stars

27 Commits

4 Forks

6 Watchers

1 Branches

6 Contributors

Updated on Jul 21, 2024

Bundle Size

2.99 kB

Minified

1.28 kB

Minified + Gzipped

Bundlephobia

Sponsor this package

https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus

Maintainers

View All 6 Contributors

Package Meta Information

Latest Version

5.0.0

Package Id

process-exists@5.0.0

Size

1.98 kB

NPM Version

8.1.0

Node Version

12.22.1

Published on

Nov 04, 2021

Total Downloads

Cumulative downloads

Total Downloads

50,461,856

Last Day

10.8%

13,580

Compared to previous day

Last Week

-7.9%

188,009

Compared to previous week

Last Month

-3.2%

835,977

Compared to previous month

Last Year

20.7%

9,920,094

Compared to previous year

Weekly Downloads

Monthly Downloads

Yearly Downloads

Dependencies

ps-list

Dev Dependencies

ava noop-process tsd xo

process-exists

Check if a process is running

Install

1npm install process-exists

Usage

1import {processExists, processExistsMultiple, filterExistingProcesses} from 'process-exists';
2
3console.log(await processExists(process.pid));
4//=> true
5
6const exists = await processExistsMultiple([process.pid, 'foo']);
7
8console.log(exists.get(process.pid));
9//=> true
10
11console.log(exists.get('foo'));
12//=> false
13
14console.log(filterExistingProcesses(exists));
15//=> [process.pid]

API

processExists(input)

Check if a process exists.

Returns a Promise<boolean>.

input

Type: number | string

The process ID or name to check.

processExistsMultiple(input)

Check multiple processes if they exist.

Returns a Promise<Map> with the process name/ID as key and the status as a boolean value.

input

Type: Array<number | string>

The process IDs or names to check.

filterExistingProcesses(input)

Filter processes that exist.

Returns an Array<number | string> with the processes that exist.

input

Type: Array<number | string>

The process IDs or names to check.

No vulnerabilities found.

10

Dangerous-Workflow

Determines if the project's GitHub Action workflows avoid dangerous patterns.

10

Binary-Artifacts

Determines if the project has generated executable (binary) artifacts in the source repository.

10

Vulnerabilities

Determines if the project has open, known unfixed vulnerabilities.

10

License

Determines if the project has defined a license.

2

Code-Review

Determines if the project requires human code review before pull requests (aka merge requests) are merged.

0

Token-Permissions

Determines if the project's workflows follow the principle of least privilege.

0

Maintained

Determines if the project is "actively maintained".

0

Pinned-Dependencies

Determines if the project has declared and pinned the dependencies of its build process.

0

CII-Best-Practices

Determines if the project has an OpenSSF (formerly CII) Best Practices Badge.

0

Fuzzing

Determines if the project uses fuzzing.

0

Branch-Protection

Determines if the default and release branches are protected with GitHub's branch protection settings.

0

Security-Policy

Determines if the project has published a security policy.

0

SAST

Determines if the project uses static code analysis.

Score

3.6

/10

Last Scanned on 2025-06-30

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