clear-memory-cache

A CLI tool to clear Windows caches and standby memory via Rammap (Sysinternals).

Prerequisites

• Rammap must be installed and available in PATH (Sysinternals RAMMap)
• Windows (PowerShell / Windows Terminal)

Install

npm install --global clear-memory-cache

Usage

$ clear-memory-cache <command> [options]
$ cmc <command> [options]

Commands

Command	Description
memory-clear	Empty all process working sets (rammap -Et)
cache-clear	Empty system working set / caches (rammap -Es)
empty-standby-memory	Empty standby list (rammap -E0)
clear-pm-cache	Clear package manager caches (see options below)
clear-all	Run memory-clear + empty-standby-memory + clear-pm-cache --all
smart-clear	Analyze memory and clear only what is necessary
version	Show version number
about	Show package info
help	Show help

clear-pm-cache options

Flag	Runs
--bun	bun pm cache rm -g
--npm	npm cache rm -g --force
--pnpm	pnpm cache delete
--yarn	yarn cache clean
--all	All of the above

smart-clear thresholds

Free RAM	Status	Action
< 10%	🚨 CRITICAL	memory-clear + empty-standby-memory + cache-clear
10–20%	⚠️ LOW	empty-standby-memory + cache-clear
20–40%	🟡 MODERATE	cache-clear
> 40%	✅ HEALTHY	No action needed

Examples

cmc memory-clear
cmc cache-clear
cmc empty-standby-memory
cmc clear-pm-cache --npm
cmc clear-pm-cache --all
cmc clear-all
cmc smart-clear
clear-memory-cache clear-pm-cache --all
clear-memory-cache empty-standby-memory