# Why by default two julia process running?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-by-default-two-julia-process-running/52522
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [December 28, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-by-default-two-julia-process-running/52522 "2020-12-28T17:04:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Ravinder\_Ram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ravinder_ram/32/14617_2.png) [@Ravinder\_Ram](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ravinder_Ram)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-by-default-two-julia-process-running/52522/1 "2020-12-28T17:04:52Z")

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two julia process running

 ![Screenshot from 2020-12-28 22-31-28](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/d/0/d0061e04604d428bf56c0afa36331c8ee3359855.png)

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### Author: ![ericphanson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ericphanson/32/215186_2.png) [@ericphanson](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ericphanson)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-by-default-two-julia-process-running/52522/2 "2020-12-28T17:47:08Z")

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are you using the VSCode Julia extension? It starts it’s own Julia process to index packages and look up docstrings etc, in addition to the one you interact with in the REPL.

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### Author: ![Ravinder\_Ram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ravinder_ram/32/14617_2.png) [@Ravinder\_Ram](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ravinder_Ram)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-by-default-two-julia-process-running/52522/3 "2020-12-29T03:55:56Z")

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yes you are right… thanks man