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earlyoom

Early OOM Daemon for Linux

  • Service
  • SERVICE
  • Launchable
  • Background service
official+codex · reviewed · May 27, 2026 description in en

Description

Monitors memory pressure and kills selected processes before the Linux kernel reaches a severe out-of-memory state. It can help keep desktop or server systems responsive when RAM and swap are exhausted.

Use it with clear kill preferences and logs. It may terminate applications to save the system, so unsaved work can still be lost during memory pressure.

How to run

earlyoom.service

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