RPythonic is a frontend for using RPython (the translation toolchain of PyPy), it simplifies: wrapper generation, compiling standalone programs and Python extension modules.
psutil is a module providing an interface for retrieving information on all running processes and system utilization (CPU, disk, memory) in a portable way by using Python, implementing many functionalities offered by command line tools such as: ps top df kill free lsof netstat nice ionice uptime tty