isd is a keyboard-focused terminal user interface for working with systemd units.
It combines fuzzy unit search with automatically refreshed previews and quick access to common systemd operations. The interface can switch between system and user units and automatically adds sudo where elevated privileges are required.
isd is highly configurable, with custom keybindings, themes and YAML configuration.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Quickly switch between system and user units.
- Fuzzy search for units.
- Automatically refresh unit previews.
- Open output in an external pager or editor.
- Automatically add sudo when required.
- Extensive command palette.
- Numerous keyboard shortcuts.
- Fully configurable keybindings.
- Optional caching of common input state.
- Automatically adapts to the terminal window size.
- Theme support.
- Terminal-derived theme support.
- Detects true-colour support where possible.
- YAML configuration with auto-complete support.
- Supports older systemd versions.
Website: github.com/kainctl/isd
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Developer: Kai
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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