If docker-compose and K9S had a baby (without the containers gene)

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  • process-compose

    Process Compose is a simple and flexible scheduler and orchestrator to manage non-containerized applications.

    In order to run a simple client-server (1 client, 5 servers) application, I wrote a simple docker-compose file and everything worked great. My dev flow would be the usual: make some changes/optimizations, spin everything up, run a bunch of tests, and go back to step one. At some point, I felt that for my dev environment and language (Linux, golang). docker-compose is great for spinning everything up, but for rapid development, it actually slows me down. I didn't really need containers. I tried to find an alternative solution. Something like a docker-compose, but for native processes, but most of the tools that I found were CI/CD oriented. I like K9S (who doesn't?) and I like docker-compose (some don't), so I built a Frankenstein Monster of them both :) https://github.com/F1bonacc1/process-compose I am not sure if you'll find it as useful as I do, but in any case, any feedback is more than welcome.

  • erlexec

    Execute and control OS processes from Erlang/OTP

  • WorkOS

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  • supervisor

    Supervisor process control system for Unix (supervisord)

    Also somewhat similar to supervisord. I do think there's a place for something like systemd-compose that can make it easier to dynamically install + tear down systemd services. systemd-run exists, but it's difficult to chain dynamic units together, and the typical unit format is a bit too static for my taste.

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