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cortex ps

This command shows the running model and its status (Engine, RAM, VRAM, and Uptime).

Usage​


cortex ps [options]

For example, it returns the following table:


+------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------------+
| Model | Engine | RAM | VRAM | Uptime |
+------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------------+
| llama3.2:3b-gguf-q4-km | llama-cpp | 308.23 MB | 1.87 GB | 7 seconds |
+------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------------+
| tinyllama:1b-gguf | llama-cpp | 35.16 MB | 636.18 MB | 1 hour, 5 minutes, 45 seconds |
+------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-------------------------------+

Options​

OptionDescriptionRequiredDefault valueExample
-h, --helpDisplay help information for the command.No--h
info

You can use the --verbose flag to display more detailed output of the internal processes. To apply this flag, use the following format: cortex --verbose [subcommand].


cortex --verbose ps


20250131 12:03:52.995079 UTC 472664 INFO Gpu Driver Version: 565.77 - system_info_utils.cc:20
20250131 12:03:52.995393 UTC 472664 INFO CUDA Version: 12.7 - system_info_utils.cc:31
+------------------------+-----------+--------+---------+---------------------------------+
| Model | Engine | RAM | VRAM | Up time |
+------------------------+-----------+--------+---------+---------------------------------+
| llama3.1:8b-gguf-q4-km | llama-cpp | 0.00 B | 4.58 GB | 9 hours, 40 minutes, 34 seconds |
+------------------------+-----------+--------+---------+---------------------------------+
20250131 12:03:53.012323 UTC 472670 INFO Will not check for new update, return the cache latest: v1.0.8 - cortex_upd_cmd.cc:149