SystemD Pilot is a desktop application for managing systemd services on GNU/linux machines. The app is very lightweight and supports common tasks such as starting and stopping systemd services.
It can also show detailed status for each service.
Features: List services
Filter by running state
Start, Stop, Restart, Enable and Disable services + show status for each service
Create override configuration for any unit file using the edit button
Option for reloading systemd manager configuration (systemctl daemon-reload)
Easy search. Just start typing and the app will find relevant services
Lightweight
Available for download as deb, rpm and AppImage
Integration into GNOME desktop (libadwaita)
Made with love for the FOSS community. Please give it a try and share your thoughts.
Nice i will try it out.
Thanks :) Hope you find it useful
Looks neat, does its job.
If you’re a power-user looking at this, you can also look at https://github.com/rgwood/systemctl-tui which is somewhat similar but seems to be more useful (for now), also showing the service logs and being easily navigable with a keyboard.
I am running a headless server, but still want to make managing my systemd services easier. Any recommendations? I think I’m looking for something that is to
systemdwhathtopis totop🤔EDIT: Thanks for all the recs!
I know you asked for cli apps, and maybe you have already heard of it, but in case you haven’t, cockpit is a pretty nice web UI for managing your server (not just systemd services, but everything)
Really cool bro. Always loved GUI for command line utils!
I miss the days before SystemD, it seemed simpler.
Autoexec.bat or bust!
I remember there being a KCM for Plasma Settings that did this sort of thing.
Yes i think it’s called systemdGenie
Thanks for this! Works pretty well when testing -
this sort of thing is exactly what we need, thanks.
