timelimit Alternatives

timelimit is described as 'Executes a command and terminates the spawned process after a given time with a given signal. A “warning” signal is sent first, then, after a timeout, a “kill” signal, similar to the way init(8) operates on shutdown' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are 2 alternatives to timelimit for Linux. The best timelimit alternative is cpulimit, which is both free and Open Source.

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  1. cpulimit icon
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    CPU Usage Limiter for Linux - cpulimit is a simple program which attempts to limit the cpu usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in cpu time). This is useful to control batch jobs, when you don't want them to eat too much cpu.

    13 cpulimit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • cpulimit is the most popular Linux alternative to timelimit.

    • cpulimit is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to timelimit.

    • cpulimit is Free and Open Sourcetimelimit is also Free and Open Source
  2. Ananicy icon
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    Ananicy (ANother Auto NICe daemon) — is a shell daemon created to manage processes' IO and CPU priorities, with community-driven set of rules for popular applications (anyone may add their own rule via github's pull request mechanism). It's mainly for desktop usage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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