diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c457ed1..9f28017 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "toolviper"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 description = ""
 authors = [
     {name = "Joshua Hoskins", email="jhoskins@nrao.edu"},
diff --git a/src/toolviper/utils/memory_management.py b/src/toolviper/utils/memory_management.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0be068b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/toolviper/utils/memory_management.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+def get_rss_gb():
+    import psutil, os
+
+    return psutil.Process(os.getpid()).memory_info().rss / 1e9
+
+
+def memory_setup(threshold: int = 131072):
+    """Set malloc mmap threshold to reduce heap fragmentation.
+
+    On Linux this calls glibc's mallopt(M_MMAP_THRESHOLD, threshold).
+    On macOS the system allocator handles this automatically; the call is skipped.
+    """
+    import sys, ctypes
+
+    if sys.platform == "linux":
+        ctypes.CDLL("libc.so.6").mallopt(-3, threshold)
+
+
+def free_memory():
+    """Return free memory pages to the OS.
+
+    On Linux this calls glibc's malloc_trim(0).
+    On macOS, malloc_zone_pressure_relief is used as the closest equivalent.
+    """
+    import sys, ctypes
+    import gc
+
+    gc.collect()
+    if sys.platform == "linux":
+        ctypes.CDLL("libc.so.6").malloc_trim(0)
+    elif sys.platform == "darwin":
+        try:
+            lib = ctypes.CDLL("libSystem.B.dylib")
+            # malloc_zone_pressure_relief(zone=NULL, goal=0) asks all zones to
+            # release as much memory as possible back to the OS.
+            lib.malloc_zone_pressure_relief(None, 0)
+        except Exception:
+            pass