isd– a better way to work withsystemdunits
Simplify systemd management with isd!
isd is a TUI offering fuzzy search for units, auto-refreshing previews,
smart sudo handling, and a fully customizable interface
for power-users and newcomers alike.
isd is a keyboard-focused, highly customizable TUI with the following features:
- Quickly switch between
systemanduserunits - Fuzzy search units
- Auto refresh previews
- Quickly open outputs in a pager or editor
- Auto
sudoprefixing if required - Auto rescale depending on terminal window size (fluid design)
- Extensive command palette with many keyboard shortcuts
- Fully configurable keybindings
- Optional input state caching for common inputs
- Theme support
- YAML configuration file with auto-complete
demo_opt.webm
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The documentation is live at:
The tool can be installed via uv, nix, and as an AppImage.
Refer to the official installation documentation for more details.
A collection of some unordered ideas that could improve isd:
- Add icon for project and application menu
- Support old
systemdversion - Option to view the security rating of units
- Improve highlighting of
systemdunits (tree-sitter grammar) - Write a custom, more secure
$EDITORintegration (more securesytemctl edit) - Allow customization of preview windows
- Improve
journal_pagerintegration - Add custom sort options
- Faster fuzzy search
- Improve default themes
Big thanks to the developers of:
- systemd for creating the most widely used service manager for Linux
- NixOS for piquing my interest in
systemdand service managers syszfor providing a starting point and a desire to build a more complexsystemctlTUI- textual for making it a breeze to create TUIs in Python
- mkdocs-material for building a solid and simple to use static site generator for the documentation
- asciinema for developing an easy to use and self-hostable terminal recorder and player
- vhs for creating a scriptable terminal program
- posting for showing me how to use
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