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# free for macOS

A memory usage utility for macOS (similar with Linux Free Command)
A memory usage utility for macOS (similar with 'free' in Linux)

This utility is designed to act like 'free' on Linux systems. It is a tool for displaying memory usage statistics. Since the Mach microkernel design is different than Linux, the values reported are not an exact duplicate of what you can get from a Linux system. Be sure to read the man page for an explanation of the program output.
This utility is designed to act like 'free' on Linux systems. It is a tool to display memory usage statistics. Since the Mach microkernel design is different with Linux, the values reported are not exactly the same with what you can get from a Linux system. These metrics are almost aligned with outputs from 'Activity Monitor".

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❯ free -h
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### HOMEBREW:

A Homebrew formula is available at https://github.com/zfdang/homebrew-free-for-macOS
A Homebrew formulae is available at https://github.com/zfdang/homebrew-free-for-macOS

To install via Homebrew, run the following:

brew tap zfdang/free-for-macOS
brew install free-for-macOS

If we can collect enough stars, this formulae will be submmited to offical Homebrew repository.

### COMPILATION:

You need a compiler, some headers, and a Mach-based system. On Darwin, you can type make:
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