systemd_commander is a terminal user interface for managing systemd services and browsing journal logs. The project provides two closely integrated applications: systemd_commander for service management and journal_viewer for examining journal entries.
The software is built with ncurses and presents common systemd administration tasks through a keyboard-driven interface. Services can be inspected and controlled without repeatedly entering systemctl commands, while logs for a selected unit can be opened directly in the accompanying journal viewer.
Privileged operations are requested only when necessary rather than requiring the complete interface to run as root.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Browse loaded services and installed service unit files.
- Display disabled services as well as currently loaded units.
- Inspect service state, description and enablement information.
- Start, stop, restart and reload services.
- Enable and disable service unit files.
- Edit unit files from within the interface.
- Open logs for the selected service directly in journal_viewer.
- Browse journal entries with live refresh or snapshot mode.
- Filter journal entries by priority and text.
- Select journal namespaces, including discovered systemd-journald namespaces.
- Automatically use a service’s LogNamespace where applicable.
- Incrementally search service and journal lists.
- Inspect detailed journal entries in popup views.
- Open an embedded terminal pane.
- Customise interface colours through a theme configuration file.
- Clearly distinguish failed, disabled and modified items.
- Keyboard-driven navigation with dedicated shortcuts for common service operations.
- Support compact terminal windows with scrolling and minimum-size handling.
Website: github.com/nilseuropa/systemd_commander
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Developer: Marton Juhasz
License: Apache License 2.0
systemd_commander is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| systemd CLI/TUI Configuration Tools | |
|---|---|
| systemd-analyse | Helps uncover performance problems |
| systemctl-tui | Interact with systemd services |
| systemctl | Manage and monitor the systemd system |
| isd | Interactive systemd |
| Systemd manager tui | Manage systemd services |
| ServiceMaster | Powerful terminal-based tool for managing systemd units |
| lsu | View systemd service units |
| systemd_commander | Manage systemd services and browse journal logs with an ncurses TUI |
| sdtop | systemd TUI Manager |
| sdctl | Security-focused manager with polkit authentication and log browsing |
| chkservice | Terminal-based tool for managing systemd units |
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