A macOS menu bar process supervisor. Drop executables into ~/.local/services/ and they run. No launchd plists, no config files.
Pure AppKit, no Xcode project, builds with swift build.
Requires macOS 13+ and Swift 6.0+.
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/service-manager.git
cd service-manager
swift build -c release
cp .build/release/ServiceManager ServiceManager.app/Contents/MacOS/ServiceManager
cp -r ServiceManager.app /Applications/
open /Applications/ServiceManager.appmkdir -p ~/.local/servicesServices — any executable without a schedule suffix. Starts immediately, restarts on exit with exponential backoff (1s → 30s cap, resets after 60s uptime).
ln -s /usr/local/bin/some-daemon ~/.local/services/some-daemonScheduled tasks — append a schedule suffix to the filename. Times are anchored to midnight, not app start. Missed jobs are skipped.
| Suffix | Example | Fires at |
|---|---|---|
.Xm |
backup.5m |
:00, :05, :10, ... |
.Xh |
sync.2h |
00:00, 02:00, 04:00, ... |
.Xd |
cleanup.1d |
Daily at midnight |
Logs — stdout + stderr go to ~/.local/log/<name>.log. The panel tails the last 80 lines. Click the filename to reveal in Finder, click the file size to truncate.
Menu bar — left-click opens the panel, right-click to quit. Click a service row to stop/start it, click a task row to force-run it.
The directory is watched via FSEvents — add or remove scripts at runtime, no restart needed. Shutdown sends SIGTERM → SIGQUIT → SIGKILL to process groups.
MIT