wsl-drop-cache vs drop-cache-if-idle

wsl-drop-cache

Periodically drop the WSL caches when load is low. (by arkane-systems)

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drop-cache-if-idle

The tool which doesn't interrupt your processes, drops the cache if and only if the machine is idle. (by validatedev)

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wsl-drop-cache		drop-cache-if-idle
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3	Mentions	3
24	Stars	44
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	2.7
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	11 months ago
Python	Language	Python
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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wsl-drop-cache

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Linuxatemyram.com
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Oct 2023

That's just one part of the issue - even after forcefully dropping Linux's caches, WSL has been unable to reclaim the memory back reliably. There has been a recent update that claims to finally fix this.
You might find this package helpful: https://github.com/arkane-systems/wsl-drop-cache
WSL2 Massive Paging File Size Taking Up Over 1/3 of Total Ram
2 projects | /r/bashonubuntuonwindows | 25 Apr 2023

Yeah. for a while I used validatedev/drop-cache-if-idle. There's also arkane-systems/wsl-drop-cache which seems to be a little newer.
Release Dropcacheifidle
1 project | /r/bashonubuntuonwindows | 26 Feb 2021

Repo at arkane-systems/wsl-drop-cache: Periodically drop the WSL caches when load is low. (github.com) , installable from wsl-transdebian | A repository for WSL-only apt packages. (arkane-systems.github.io) .

drop-cache-if-idle

Posts with mentions or reviews of drop-cache-if-idle. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-18.

WSL 2, 1.3.10 prerelase brings some goodies
2 projects | /r/bashonubuntuonwindows | 18 Jun 2023

Wow, it seems my https://github.com/validatedev/drop-cache-if-idle took into action. Really happy that the issue is resolved (which is in a way that is not optimal, but works anyway).
WSL2 Massive Paging File Size Taking Up Over 1/3 of Total Ram
2 projects | /r/bashonubuntuonwindows | 25 Apr 2023

Yeah. for a while I used validatedev/drop-cache-if-idle. There's also arkane-systems/wsl-drop-cache which seems to be a little newer.
Alternative for dropping cache?
2 projects | /r/bashonubuntuonwindows | 3 Mar 2021

There are utilities like these; https://github.com/validatedev/drop-cache-if-idle, and https://github.com/arkane-systems/wsl-drop-cache. But I'm not looking at clearing the cache when the processor is idle. My CPU will never be idle while these programs are running. I know cron is idle for automation, but I'm not always doing large tasks like these, only once in a while.