ProcessPal

ProcessPal allows you to easily spin up, tear down, and automatically restart groups of processes through a CLI.

I personally use it for running and debugging multiple code projects at once:

• Using the ProcessPal CLI with my Stream Deck, I spin up and tear down the processes
• If a process crashes, the RestartOnExit option will start the process again
• In my IDE, I can debug by attaching to the processes

Getting Started

1. Install the .NET 8 runtime or SDK

2. Download and extract the zip for your operating system from the releases page.

3. In the extracted directory, create the file _config.json.

   Example:

    {
        "Port": 7161,
        "ProcessGroups": 
        {
            "RunTwoExampleScripts": [
                {
                    "FileName": "powershell.exe",
                    "Args": "-File example1.ps1",
                    "RestartOnExit": false
                },
                {
                    "FileName": "powershell.exe",
                    "Args": "-File example2.ps1",
                    "RestartOnExit": false
                }
            ]
        }
    }

4. In a terminal, run the ProcessPal executable to see the CLI options.

   On Windows, this is ProcessPal.exe.

   On Mac, this is ProcessPal.

PowerShell example

Toggle the server on/off:

./ProcessPal.exe toggle-server

Toggle a process group on/off:

./ProcessPal.exe toggle-group --name RunTwoExampleScripts