prox is a modern, powerful process manager with a beautiful Terminal User Interface (TUI). Inspired by pm2, built with Go and Bubbletea.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Universal Process Management – Run applications in any language (Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, Bash, etc.).
- Beautiful TUI – Three interactive views: Dashboard, Monitor, and Logs.
- Real-time Metrics – CPU, memory, network, and uptime monitoring.
- Smart Process Control – Graceful shutdown with SIGTERM → SIGKILL fallback.
- State Persistence – Processes survive prox restarts via ~/.prox/state.json.
- Log Management – Live log tailing with continuous file writing.
- Vim-like Navigation – Keyboard-first interface (hjkl, arrows).
- YAML Configuration – Define all your services in prox.yml.
- Auto-detection – Automatically detects interpreters by file extension.
- Process Monitoring – 4-panel detailed view (pm2 monit style).
- Log Viewer – Real-time log streaming with export capabilities.
Website: github.com/craigderington/prox
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Developer: Craig Derington
License: MIT License
prox is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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