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macpmd 1.0.0 Beta 6 — 16 Mar 2026

Bug Fixes

  • Fix systemd environment variable escaping — dollar signs in environment variables were incorrectly doubled for Environment= directives, corrupting any env var containing $ on Linux
  • Fix launchd uninstall error reporting — uninstall_service now correctly reports failure when launchctl unload fails, instead of silently returning success
  • Fix sudo timeout handling — _ensure_sudo now catches TimeoutExpired and returns a clean error message instead of an unhandled exception traceback
  • Remove redundant sudo credential check — _cmd_start no longer prompts for sudo credentials twice (once upfront and once per-entry)
  • Warn when replacing existing process — add --name now prints a warning when overwriting a stopped or errored process instead of silently replacing it

macpmd 1.0.0 Beta 5 — 15 Mar 2026

Linux Support

  • systemd backend — macpmd now supports Linux via systemd user services and system services
  • Service backend abstraction — platform-specific service managers are selected automatically (launchd on macOS, systemd on Linux)
  • Linux service files — systemd units installed in ~/.config/systemd/user/ (standard) or /etc/systemd/system/ (sudo) with Restart=always for crash recovery
  • TCC checks are macOS-only — TCC path validation is now skipped on Linux where it does not apply

macpmd 1.0.0 Beta 4 — 10 Mar 2026

Initial release.

Features

  • Process management — add, start, stop, restart, and delete processes
  • Auto-naming — process names auto-derived from the command when --name is omitted
  • Batch operations — start, stop, restart, delete, info, and logs accept multiple names and --all
  • Process listing — view all processes with status, PID, uptime, restart count, sudo, and service state
  • Process info — info command shows detailed information including the full command and working directory; supports --json output
  • Log management — stdout/stderr redirected to ~/.local/share/macpmd/logs/ with automatic rotation (10 MB, 3 files)
  • Log tailing — view recent log output or follow in real-time with --follow
  • Multi-process logs — view logs for multiple processes with coloured name prefixes
  • Exit code logging — process exit codes and signals recorded in log with [macpmd] prefix
  • Lifecycle logging — process start, restart, and exit events logged automatically
  • Immediate failure detection — processes that exit immediately on add are reported as errors and not persisted
  • launchd integration — plists auto-installed on add for boot persistence and crash recovery
  • launchd fix command — fix reinstalls missing service files for running processes
  • TCC path protection — --sudo processes are blocked from using TCC-protected directories (Desktop, Documents, Downloads) that would fail when run as LaunchDaemons (macOS only)
  • Sudo support — --sudo flag to run processes with elevated privileges
  • Session isolation — processes spawned in new sessions survive terminal closure
  • Coloured output — TTY-aware ANSI colours for status display and log prefixes
  • Zero dependencies — stdlib only, no external packages required