ServicePilot

A desktop app for managing dev services.

Features

• Import any repo and run its package.json scripts
• Real-time log viewer with ANSI color support
• Start, stop, and restart services via UI or keyboard shortcuts
• Favorite scripts and rename them with aliases
• Auto-detect already-running services via port scanning
• Resizable sidebar with status indicators

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Bun (for building the sidecar binary)
• Rust and Cargo
• Tauri CLI v2

Getting Started

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/your-username/servicepilot.git
cd servicepilot

# Install root dependencies
npm install

# Install desktop dependencies
cd desktop && npm install && cd ..

# Run in development mode
npm run desktop

Building

npm run desktop:build

This builds the sidecar binary and packages the Tauri app for your platform.

Project Structure

servicepilot/
├── sidecar/          # Node.js process manager (communicates via stdin/stdout JSON)
│   ├── main.ts       # Entry point
│   ├── config.ts     # Persistent config (~/.servicepilot/config.json)
│   ├── process-manager.ts
│   ├── port-scan.ts  # Detect already-running services
│   └── repo-scanner.ts
├── desktop/          # Tauri v2 + React frontend
│   ├── src/          # React components, hooks, styles
│   └── src-tauri/    # Rust backend, Tauri config, sidecar binaries
└── scripts/          # Build scripts

License

MIT - see LICENSE.