processx

Execute and Control System Processes

CRAN Package

Tools to run system processes in the background. It can check if a background process is running; wait on a background process to finish; get the exit status of finished processes; kill background processes. It can read the standard output and error of the processes, using non-blocking connections. 'processx' can poll a process for standard output or error, with a timeout. It can also poll several processes at once.


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Last 30 days

This package has been downloaded 850,413 times in the last 30 days. The kind of popularity that makes other researchers envious. Truly impressive! The following heatmap shows the distribution of downloads per day. Yesterday, it was downloaded 41,479 times.

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0 downloadsMar 16, 2025
0 downloadsMar 17, 2025
30,036 downloadsMar 18, 2025
29,719 downloadsMar 19, 2025
29,691 downloadsMar 20, 2025
24,863 downloadsMar 21, 2025
14,720 downloadsMar 22, 2025
16,067 downloadsMar 23, 2025
28,971 downloadsMar 24, 2025
31,021 downloadsMar 25, 2025
30,108 downloadsMar 26, 2025
28,494 downloadsMar 27, 2025
24,377 downloadsMar 28, 2025
14,753 downloadsMar 29, 2025
14,951 downloadsMar 30, 2025
26,273 downloadsMar 31, 2025
29,391 downloadsApr 1, 2025
28,305 downloadsApr 2, 2025
27,978 downloadsApr 3, 2025
26,292 downloadsApr 4, 2025
18,884 downloadsApr 5, 2025
19,841 downloadsApr 6, 2025
35,351 downloadsApr 7, 2025
38,213 downloadsApr 8, 2025
37,722 downloadsApr 9, 2025
36,607 downloadsApr 10, 2025
33,831 downloadsApr 11, 2025
25,289 downloadsApr 12, 2025
24,959 downloadsApr 13, 2025
38,202 downloadsApr 14, 2025
44,025 downloadsApr 15, 2025
41,479 downloadsApr 16, 2025
0 downloadsApr 17, 2025
0 downloadsApr 18, 2025
0 downloadsApr 19, 2025
14,720
44,025

The following line graph shows the downloads per day. You can hover over the graph to see the exact number of downloads per day.

Last 365 days

This package has been downloaded 9,084,824 times in the last 365 days. Perhaps it's time to consider hiring a personal assistant to manage the newfound fame. That's an absurd number of downloads. The day with the most downloads was Feb 24, 2025 with 47,557 downloads.

The following line graph shows the downloads per day. You can hover over the graph to see the exact number of downloads per day.

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  • Imports2 packages
  • Suggests10 packages
  • Reverse Imports55 packages
  • Reverse Suggests25 packages