Features & Honest Indie Licensing

01. The Crew at a Glance · Handled by The Whole Crew

Seven Dedicated Sentinels. One Unified Engine.

Seven specialists. One Windows dashboard. Review processes, inspect occupied ports, follow memory growth, and investigate the causes of a slow workstation.

SCYTHE-01 Process Review

The Sentinel

ORPHAN PROCESS HUNTER

Trace process ancestry and review candidates left behind by your workflow.

SCYTHE-02 Process Review

The Interceptor

PORT & SOCKET SENTRY

Identify localhost listeners and review the processes holding your development ports.

SCYTHE-03 Process Review

The Spectre

VRAM & AI CACHE PURGER

Local AI memory, Ollama workflows, and cache management: the Spectre's specialty.

SCYTHE-04 Free Manual / Crew Auto

The Resurrector

GHOST PROCESS & SHELL RESURRECTOR

Restart Explorer and investigate ghost-window candidates with owner details.

SCYTHE-05 Process Review

The Commit Hunter

COMMIT RATE BOUNCER

Track private commit growth and review diagnostic findings in the Activity log.

SCYTHE-06 Kernel Diagnostics

The Kernel Warden

KERNEL NONPAGED POOL HUNTER

Inspect pool tags and candidate driver matches to guide your investigation.

02. Kernel Leak Detector · Handled by The Kernel Warden

Task Manager can't see it.
RamReaper can.

When Windows RAM climbs to 99% with all process rows showing normal usage, the culprit lives inside the Windows kernel nonpaged pool. Task Manager hides nonpaged pool tags completely.

Inspect kernel pool activity without installing a driver. RamReaper connects pool tags with candidate driver files to help you narrow your investigation. Candidate matches are leads to review alongside other diagnostics.

Read the 62.8 GB hidden-memory case study →

03. Transparency · Handled by The Crew

Why It Was Flagged: Zero Mystery Kills.

Understand the reason behind a finding. Scan results and diagnostic logs put the process, evidence, and next decision in front of you.

DEAD PARENT PID

Orphaned Child Process

Parent editor (Code.exe / Cursor.exe) terminated or crashed; child server remains running headless in background.

45m IDLE TIMEOUT

Abandoned Dev Server

Review inactivity alongside connection history and process ancestry before choosing an action.

+150 MB/MIN GROWTH

Runaway Private Commit

Private commit growth measured through PSAPI deltas. Sustained growth is a diagnostic signal and may also reflect legitimate work.

EADDRINUSE LOCK

Trapped Port Socket

Socket held on development port (:3000, :5173, :8188) with no active clients, blocking subsequent launches.

HARDWARE-LEVEL AUDIT

Protecting High-Speed DDR4 & DDR5 RAM — Let's face it Ram is expensive!

Engineered for multi-channel developer workstations. Helps identify process memory and kernel pool candidates without using cosmetic working-set trimming. Reclaimed memory depends on the action and workload.

04. Rigid Safety Guard Rails · Handled by The Crew

What RamReaper Will Never Touch.

Designed specifically for software engineers and power users who cannot afford broken state or sudden crash resets:

✓ Windows Core Components: Hardcoded process protections for csrss.exe, lsass.exe, smss.exe, and critical shell services.
✓ Active Shells with Running Jobs: Review running work and process ownership before stopping a terminal.
✓ Review Before Acting: Check each candidate against your own applications, background jobs, and workflow.
✓ System Configuration: Investigate kernel pool activity while keeping driver configuration under your control.
✓ Safe System Changes: Follow vendor guidance and create a restore point before changing Windows driver settings.

06. Activity Audit Log · Handled by The Commit Hunter

Follow the Evidence in Your Activity Log.

The development app records Commit Hunter diagnostic findings in its local Activity log. This logger does not terminate processes or trigger cleanup.

A complete persistent action history, reclaimed-memory accounting and applicable undo controls remain roadmap goals. Ending a process cannot restore unsaved work.

The Commit Hunter reviewing system audit log ledger

07. Port & Socket Sentry · Handled by The Interceptor

EADDRINUSE :3000?
Not anymore.

When Node, Bun, Vite, Python or ComfyUI crash or exit uncleanly, they often leave orphan TCP listeners holding your favorite development ports (3000, 5173, 8000, 8080, 8188, 11434).

See which process owns a listening port, review its connections, and confirm a selected process action with identity checks.

08. AI Workstation Curation · Handled by The Spectre

Ollama VRAM Unload & Cache Quota Guard.

Designed for local AI engineers using Ollama, Hugging Face, PyTorch, and ComfyUI:

✓ Local AI Memory: The Spectre focuses on model retention and Ollama workflows.
✓ Dev Cache Guard: A Crew specialty for the caches that grow alongside local AI and development work.
✓ ComfyUI Workers: Review process ancestry when local AI tools leave background workers behind.

09. Shell Mechanic · Handled by The Resurrector

Refresh Desktop: Manual Windows Shell Restart.

Desktop stuttering, sluggish multi-monitor docking, or taskbar unresponsive after hours of heavy GPU workload?

Restart Explorer from the dashboard when the Windows shell needs attention. Review Ghost Window Finder results for owner details and diagnostic reasons. Save work before restarting the shell.

10. Ghost Window Finder · Handled by The Resurrector

Investigate Invisible Window Candidates.

Find candidate transparent windows with owner PIDs and diagnostic reasons. Protected system, shell, input, and foreground windows are excluded to keep the review focused.

11. Stale Shell Cleanup · Handled by The Sentinel

Clean Dead Terminals from Closed IDEs.

Follow process ancestry when an IDE or terminal leaves background shells behind. Review the owner and running work before deciding what to stop.

12. Night Shift · Handled by The Night Watchman

3:00 AM Deep Clean While Your PC Is Locked.

Night Shift brings the Night Watchman's quiet-hours focus to the Crew: maintenance around your schedule, with a clear view of the next work session.

✓ Locked & Idle Trigger: Activates only when your PC is locked with zero user activity for over 30 minutes.
✓ Compiler Artifact Scrubber: Prunes stale temporary objects left behind by rustc, clang, and npm.
✓ Morning Report: Leaves an unobtrusive system tray digest showing memory reclaimed overnight.

The RamReaper Crew · Night Shift Autonomous Routine

Tray access, findings & desktop refresh

Lives in your tray

Open the dashboard from the Windows notification area. Closing it releases the dashboard window while optional Commit Hunter logging retains diagnostic history.

Findings you can review

Check process details and the reason behind each finding in the dashboard before choosing an action.

Refresh desktop

Restart Explorer from the dashboard when the Windows shell needs attention. Save your work first.

13. Built for Developers · Handled by The Crew

CLI Diagnostics, JSON Output, & Global Hotkeys.

Integrate RamReaper into your developer toolchain with scriptable commands:

ramreaper scan (Free)

Terminal-based scanner reporting orphaned child PIDs, trapped TCP ports, and kernel nonpaged pool tag rankings.

$ ramreaper scan --orphans
[!] Found: python.exe (PID 9412) parent dead
[!] Port 5173 held by node.exe (0 sockets)

ramreaper sweep --json (Crew)

Autonomous sweep command with structured JSON output for integration into CI/CD build scripts and PowerShell automation.

$ ramreaper sweep --json
{"reaped_mb": 4210, "ports_freed": [3000]}

Global Hotkey & Config

Trigger an instant sweep or open the tray HUD anywhere using Ctrl + Alt + Shift + R (fully rebindable).

Config stored in %APPDATA%\RamReaper\config.json

17. Honest Indie Licensing

Pay once. Own it forever.

Choose Free for hands-on diagnostics or explore Crew for the complete seven-Reaper vision. Keep your workflow local.

MANUAL MODE

RAMREAPER · FREE

Everything you need to find and fix a slowdown yourself.

$0 / forever

✓ Unlimited scans: processes, orphaned runtimes, open ports
✓ Kernel Pool view with tags and candidate drivers
✓ Confirmed termination of a selected process
✓ Windows Explorer restart (no DWM termination)
✓ Ghost Window Finder with owner details and diagnostic reasons
✓ Temp file clean-up
✓ Tray icon; live memory gauge upcoming

Questions? Read the FAQs

Free · Windows 10 & 11

The seven RamReaper specialists together

The Whole Crew Working for You in the Background

RAMREAPER CREW

RAMREAPER · CREW

Seven specialists for your Windows workflow. One Crew.

$19 / once

✓ Everything in Free
✓ All reapers running automatically in the background
✓ Alerts the moment a leak starts climbing, kernel leaks included
✓ Auto-reap idle dev servers and AI runtimes you've approved
✓ Cache guard for Hugging Face, PyTorch and pip, with your limit
✓ Night Shift: scheduled deep clean while you're away
✓ Global hotkey Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R and command line ramreaper sweep
✓ Offline license key

Already have a key? License support.

16. Competitive Analysis · Handled by The Crew

Honest Comparison With Industry Utilities.

Compare approaches to Windows memory management. RamReaper focuses on process context, diagnostic evidence, and actions you can review.

Capability / Approach	RamReaper	Process Lasso	Mem Reduct	MS PC Manager	RAMMap + poolmon
Core Mechanism	Ends actual leak culprits & orphans with your OK	CPU priority, core affinity & process rules	Forces Windows working-set paging to disk	Trims temp caches & working sets	Manual diagnostic analysis
Kernel Pool Tag Leak Scan	Pool tags and candidate driver matches	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No	✓ Diagnostic only (expert manual CLI)
Orphan Process Hunter (Dead Parent PID)	✓ Yes (Win32 Toolhelp32 audit)	Manual rule creation required	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Port Sentry (EADDRINUSE 3000/5173)	✓ Yes (Win32 iphlpapi.dll table)	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No	✗ No
Causes Working-Set Stutter	✗ No (Never touches paging)	✗ No	Frequent (forces app paging thrashing)	Frequent (trims active sets)	Diagnostic analysis
AI & Dev Cache Guard	Local AI workflows	✗ No	✗ No	Temp file clean only	✗ No
Telemetry & Offline Operation	100% Offline (Zero pings, Ed25519 offline auth)	Minimal update checks	100% Offline (Open source)	Microsoft diagnostic telemetry	100% Offline (Microsoft Sysinternals)
Download Size (Different Package Types)	1.2 MB installer	~15 MB	~1.5 MB	~50+ MB	~3 MB

Engineering Teardown · Handled by The Crew

Why “RAM cleaners” are snake oil.

Forcing your apps into the pagefile so Task Manager shows a smaller number is snake oil. It looks great for ten seconds, then everything stutters while Windows pulls pages back off your drive. RamReaper doesn't touch paging. It finds what is actually holding your memory (a dead dev server, an orphaned Python process, a leaking driver) and lets you end it cleanly.

RAMMap + poolmon: hours of manual digging, a Driver Kit install, raw tags, reboot after reboot. RamReaper: pool tags and candidate driver matches guide investigation. A match alone does not establish a cause or a fix.

Follow the owner

A smaller working-set number does not explain where memory went. Start with process ancestry, port ownership, and sustained private commit growth.

Look below the process list

Kernel pool tags and candidate driver matches add context when ordinary application totals do not explain system memory use.

Review the next action

Use the diagnostic evidence to choose a targeted action. Check the process and save your work before stopping it.

Questions about Windows, privacy or licensing? Read the FAQs

Autonomous Sentinels.Zero Paging Tricks. Honest Licensing.