aviddiviner / SpotifyWatcher

Monitors Spotify CPU usage to see if it gets out of hand, and then kills it.

Spotify Watcher

Monitors the output from top periodically to see if Spotify is misbehaving, and then kills it unceremoniously.

Build, install, run

$ git clone https://github.com/aviddiviner/SpotifyWatcher.git
$ cd SpotifyWatcher
$ go build .
$ ./SpotifyWatcher

Currently only works for macOS.

Usage

$ ./SpotifyWatcher --help
Monitor Spotify background CPU usage and kill it if it misbehaves.

Usage:
  SpotifyWatcher [-s SECONDS] [-t CPU] [-w LENGTH] [-n ALLOWED] [-f] [-q|-v]
  SpotifyWatcher -h | --help | --version

Options:
  -s SECONDS    Interval in secs with which to poll 'top' [default: 4].
  -t CPU        CPU threshold at which to kill Spotify [default: 8.0].
  -w LENGTH     Median sample window size [default: 5].
  -n ALLOWED    Max intervals exceeding threshold before killing [default: 20].
  -f --force    Monitor CPU even if Spotify is the frontmost (active) window.
  -q --quiet    Only output console message when Spotify is misbehaving.
  -v --verbose  Show details of all matching Spotify processes each tick.
  -h --help     Show this screen.
  --version     Show version.