Command Pad
Command Pad is a handy GUI application for managing your command line programs. It helps to start and stop a command line program easily and you can also monitor the output.
Downloads
Version 0.1.0 Released at 2016-10-22:
- MacOS: Command Pad-0.1.0.dmg
- Windows: Command.Pad.Setup.0.1.0.zip
Motivation
For the modern web development, it usually needs several terminals opened for just running various dev servers, for example below is my terminal typically looks like:
Managing them is frustrating. It's not intuitive which service you need is running and which has stopped unexpectly. But the useful terminals which need interactions often collapse into the dropdown menu.
So I created this little tool to manage all of my frequently used command line programs. It looks like:
It helps to manage command line programs in one central place with intuitive UI.
Use cases
Besides running dev servers, Command Pad is also useful for:
- Running building/testing scripts. You can be prompted when the script is finished.
- Launch command line GUI apps like JMeter.
- ...
More screenshots
Intuitive UI to add a command:
Colorful output:
Alert you when some command is finished:
Features
- Monitor the output and keep the color.
- Prompt you when some script succeeds or fails.
- Support
sudoon MacOS. - Open URL directly from the UI.
- ...
FAQ:
Why is this "little tool" so large?
Command Pad is built with Electron. The minimal dmg size is about 35MB.
Why can't I interact with the command?
Command Pad is not to replace your terminal. It's just used for running command line services. So you can't type in the output window.
How to delete a command?
Click sort icon on the header:
License
MIT
