The latest articles on DEV Community by AnnPoshtak (@annposhtak). https://dev.to/annposhtak https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3708675%2F40e05fcb-e4d3-4180-a38f-98eae6e6fbd9.jpeg https://dev.to/annposhtak en AnnPoshtak Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:59:15 +0000 https://dev.to/annposhtak/cli-tool-to-freeze-heavy-apps-instead-of-closing-them-to-save-cpuram-python-linux-4n1p https://dev.to/annposhtak/cli-tool-to-freeze-heavy-apps-instead-of-closing-them-to-save-cpuram-python-linux-4n1p <h1> Linux #Python #CLI </h1> <p>Hello! 👋<br> When you have many browser tabs or heavy apps running, CPU/RAM usage can become a problem. Sometimes you need to free resources without closing everything.<br> Cryo is a small Linux CLI tool that finds a process and all its child processes and sends a stop signal to pause them instantly. It temporarily “freezes” apps to free CPU and RAM without killing them.<br> The project is still evolving, and I plan to improve it by adding new features and Improvement architect etc..<br> Feedback from people familiar with Linux process management is very welcome. <br> Repo: <em><a href="https://github.com/AnnPoshtak/Cryo" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/AnnPoshtak/Cryo</a></em></p> linux python programming showdev