# systemd-oomd (org.freedesktop.oom1)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/systemd/org-freedesktop-oom1/  
**Provider:** systemd — https://apis.io/providers/systemd/  
**Base URL:** dbus:org.freedesktop.oom1  
**Documentation:** https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/org.freedesktop.oom1.html

systemd-oomd (org.freedesktop.oom1) is one of 34 APIs that [systemd](https://apis.io/providers/systemd/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Cgroups, D-Bus, OOM, Oomd, and PSI. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

D-Bus API of systemd-oomd, the userspace out-of-memory killer that uses cgroup v2 PSI signals to kill cgroups under memory or swap pressure. Exposes per-slice/cgroup state and policy.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/org.freedesktop.oom1.html
- **InterfaceDefinition** — https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/man/org.freedesktop.oom1.xml

## Other systemd APIs (12)

- [systemd-localed (org.freedesktop.locale1)](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/org-freedesktop-locale1/)
- [systemd-timedated (org.freedesktop.timedate1)](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/org-freedesktop-timedate1/)
- [systemd-timesyncd (org.freedesktop.timesync1)](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/org-freedesktop-timesync1/)
- [systemd-homed (org.freedesktop.home1)](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/org-freedesktop-home1/)
- [systemd-importd (org.freedesktop.import1)](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/org-freedesktop-import1/)
- [systemd-portabled (org.freedesktop.portable1)](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/org-freedesktop-portable1/)
- [systemd-sysupdated (org.freedesktop.sysupdate1)](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/org-freedesktop-sysupdate1/)
- [LogControl1 (org.freedesktop.LogControl1)](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/org-freedesktop-logcontrol1/)
- [systemd Boot API](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/systemd-boot-api/)
- [systemd Cache API](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/systemd-cache-api/)
- [systemd Cgroups API](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/systemd-cgroups-api/)
- [systemd Configuration API](https://apis.io/apis/systemd/systemd-configuration-api/)

## Tags

Cgroups, D-Bus, OOM, Oomd, PSI

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