diff --git a/goprocess/gp.go b/goprocess/gp.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42fa1af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/goprocess/gp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package goprocess reports the Go processes running on a host.
+package goprocess
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/google/gops/internal"
+	"github.com/google/gops/internal/goversion"
+	ps "github.com/keybase/go-ps"
+)
+
+// GoProcess represents a Go process.
+type GoProcess struct {
+	PID          int
+	PPID         int
+	Exec         string
+	Path         string
+	BuildVersion string
+	Agent        bool
+}
+
+// Find returns all the Go processes currently
+// running on this host.
+func Find() []GoProcess {
+	var results []GoProcess
+
+	pss, err := ps.Processes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return results
+	}
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(len(pss))
+
+	for _, pr := range pss {
+		pr := pr
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			path, version, agent, ok, err := isGo(pr)
+			if err != nil {
+				// TODO(jbd): Return a list of errors.
+			}
+			if !ok {
+				return
+			}
+			results = append(results, GoProcess{
+				PID:          pr.Pid(),
+				PPID:         pr.PPid(),
+				Exec:         pr.Executable(),
+				Path:         path,
+				BuildVersion: version,
+				Agent:        agent,
+			})
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	return results
+}
+
+// isGo looks up the runtime.buildVersion symbol
+// in the process' binary and determines if the process
+// if a Go process or not. If the process is a Go process,
+// it reports PID, binary name and full path of the binary.
+func isGo(pr ps.Process) (path, version string, agent, ok bool, err error) {
+	if pr.Pid() == 0 {
+		// ignore system process
+		return
+	}
+	path, err = pr.Path()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	version, ok = goversion.Report(path, path, fi)
+	pidfile, err := internal.PIDFile(pr.Pid())
+	if err == nil {
+		_, err := os.Stat(pidfile)
+		agent = err == nil
+	}
+	return path, version, agent, ok, nil
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 940086a8..4bf7c8b2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -8,13 +8,9 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"os"
-	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/google/gops/internal"
-	"github.com/google/gops/internal/goversion"
-	ps "github.com/keybase/go-ps"
+	"github.com/google/gops/goprocess"
 )
 
 const helpText = `Usage: gops is a tool to list and diagnose Go processes.
@@ -68,57 +64,13 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func processes() {
-	pss, err := ps.Processes()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	wg.Add(len(pss))
-
-	for _, pr := range pss {
-		pr := pr
-		go func() {
-			defer wg.Done()
-
-			printIfGo(pr)
-		}()
-	}
-	wg.Wait()
-}
-
-// printIfGo looks up the runtime.buildVersion symbol
-// in the process' binary and determines if the process
-// if a Go process or not. If the process is a Go process,
-// it reports PID, binary name and full path of the binary.
-func printIfGo(pr ps.Process) {
-	if pr.Pid() == 0 {
-		// ignore system process
-		return
-	}
-	path, err := pr.Path()
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	version, ok := goversion.Report(path, path, fi)
-	var agent bool
-	pidfile, err := internal.PIDFile(pr.Pid())
-	if err == nil {
-		_, err := os.Stat(pidfile)
-		agent = err == nil
-	}
-
-	if ok {
+	for _, p := range goprocess.Find() {
 		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "%d", pr.Pid())
-		if agent {
+		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "%d", p.PID)
+		if p.Agent {
 			fmt.Fprint(buf, "*")
 		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\t%v\t%v\t%v\n", pr.Executable(), version, path)
+		fmt.Fprintf(buf, "\t%v\t%v\t%v\n", p.Exec, p.BuildVersion, p.Path)
 		buf.WriteTo(os.Stdout)
 	}
 }