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Introducing SystemD Pilot, GUI app for managing systemd services (github.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

oh it's not an official thing, that could probably use some more clarification as the name makes it sound like something developed by the systemd people

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

can it do mask/unmask?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Not in this version. I'll add that and more for the next release.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

cool!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I miss the days before SystemD, it seemed simpler.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Autoexec.bat or bust!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember there being a KCM for Plasma Settings that did this sort of thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yes i think it's called systemdGenie

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does it support per-user systemd services?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

It will, in the next release.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Didn’t know Pedro pascal was a coder

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

This is good. We need more GUI tools to keep the noobs out of the terminal. Not only because that gives a better impression, but it also protects them from doing a command wrong and really hurting something.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

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 systemd what htop is to top🤔

EDIT: Thanks for all the recs!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Funnily enough, just saw people on Lemmy talking about this one the other day

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

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)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

https://github.com/joehillen/sysz

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

this sort of thing is exactly what we need, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

100% Python, nice.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

NO! NO, I WON'T HAVE IT!

I will not give up my command line, obscure, non-obvious commands that control my machine!

It is an abomination that I don't have to search for, and then wade through hundreds of AI generated pages of useless information just to show me what services are running with systemd!

I am seriously considering starting my own startup system. I am thinking I could initiate (init) runlevels to start subsystems at various stages. If anyone is interested, hit me up.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Maybe you can script everything, with convoluted interconnections that are impossible to troubleshoot. Now that would be the way to control all the systems behind impenetrable obfuscation and keep those dratted normies from understanding anything.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

wade through hundreds of AI generated pages of useless information

I personally find the best use of AI is to read those pages of useless information and summarise what I actually want to know.

Google: " hugo, show total number of posts not including pages " = advertising, a billion pages of partially but not entirely relevant information that takes ages to wade through.

Gemini: same question: Clear explanation and working examples in seconds.

They're both google, but one knows what I'm actually trying to say and doesn't (yet) push advertising at me.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't tell if you're taking the piss or not about re-implementing initscripts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

My job here is done 😉

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

this dude boots 😎

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

man wtf. I've been searching for something like this.

aw fuck, I thought this was a web interface like cockpit. ok nvm :(

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

What's wrong with cockpit?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Cool. I have been using the built in YAST2 GUI services on OpenSUSE. But for other machines COCKPIT webgui uses systems to view and manage services.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago

I'd prefer to manage systemd profiles in the rearview.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Awesome, Flatpak?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Yes flatpak will be realesed too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Finally!

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Some other projects for the same usage:

https://github.com/KDE/systemdgenie

https://github.com/GuillaumeGomez/systemd-manager

😇

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aren't those defunct? I was looking for examples of exactly this a while back and none of them were being actively maintained.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I use Systemd-Manager since a long time now and it worked always well. But it could well be, that it is unmaintained..

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nice, thanks! So weird these tools are not commonly used - managing systemd remains one of the common terminal PITAs for everyone who doesn't appreciate the Great Holy Terminal

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Funny thing is, that there are many things I prefer the terminal for, but systemd deamons are not these things 😂

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah i hate managing systemd stuff because its messy on terminal

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Any chance this lands in the AUR?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I've not used arch for years but I'll look into this.

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