# My first program: Alram - Alarm for free RAM with task killer

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**Created:** [June 3, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/my-first-program-alram-alarm-for-free-ram-with-task-killer/56181 "2024-06-03T00:49:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![gladykov](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@gladykov](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/gladykov)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/my-first-program-alram-alarm-for-free-ram-with-task-killer/56181/1 "2024-06-03T00:49:23Z")

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I created my first program in C, which will notify you if free RAM will drop below defined threshold, and optionally kill some tasks.

Maybe someone will find it useful as well:

> **[GitHub - gladykov/alram: Alram - Linux alarm for RAM, when available memory...](https://github.com/gladykov/alram/)**
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> Alram - Linux alarm for RAM, when available memory is below threshold, with optional task killer - gladykov/alram

Can be installed from AUR - of course!

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**Author:** ![flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/flyingcakes/32/6218_2.png) [@flyingcakes](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/flyingcakes)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/my-first-program-alram-alarm-for-free-ram-with-task-killer/56181/2 "2024-06-03T07:15:28Z")

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> #PROCEESES\_TO\_KILL=[“spotify”,“slack”,“webstorm”]

Lovely! 😆

> ## BTW.
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> I use Arch.

🕶