Procman is a terminal-based process manager for applications that use Procfiles. It provides a unified dashboard for monitoring, controlling and interacting with multiple development processes.
The application can stream and search logs, display processes in grid or fullscreen layouts, and provide an interactive VT100-compatible terminal. It is designed for local development and can serve as a replacement for tools such as Foreman in Rails projects.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Automatically loads processes defined in a Procfile.
- Starts, stops and restarts individual processes.
- Streams process output in real time with ANSI colour support.
- Searches logs and highlights matching text.
- Filters output to display only relevant log lines.
- Offers grid and fullscreen process views.
- Provides VT100 terminal emulation for interactive processes and debuggers.
- Displays resource information for running processes.
- Supports keyboard navigation with arrow keys or Vim-style bindings.
- Accepts a custom path to a Procfile.
Website: github.com/a-chacon/procman
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Developer: Andrés
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Procman is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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