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Pyker Python Process Manager

Lightweight, user-friendly tool for managing Python scripts. Run Python processes in the background, monitor their status, and manage logs with beautiful CLI tables and adaptive display. No sudo required!

View on GitHub 💻 Quick Install 🚀
pyker@local:~$
$ pyker start mybot /path/to/script.py
✓ Started process 'mybot' (PID: 12345)
$ pyker list
Process List:
┌─────────┬────────┬─────┬───────┬───────────────────┐
│Name │PID │CPU% │RAM │Started │
├─────────┼────────┼─────┼───────┼───────────────────┤
│✓ mybot │12345 │2.1 │45.2 │2025-01-27 10:30:15│
└─────────┴────────┴─────┴───────┴───────────────────┘
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Features

Everything you need for Python process management

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Simple Setup

No sudo required, works in user space with one-line installation

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Process Monitoring

Real-time CPU and memory usage with beautiful status indicators

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Automatic Logging

Each process gets its own log file with configurable rotation

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Log Rotation

Prevent disk space issues with automatic log rotation

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Adaptive Interface

Responsive tables that work on any terminal size

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Tab Completion

Auto-complete commands, process names, and file paths

Installation

Get Pyker running in seconds

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One-Line Installation

Download and install with a single command

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrvi0/pyker/main/install.sh | bash
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Python Installer

Alternative installation method

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrvi0/pyker/main/install.py | python3
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Manual Installation

Clone and install from source

git clone https://github.com/mrvi0/pyker.git
cd pyker && python3 install.py

From Source

Manual installation with dependencies

pip3 install --user psutil
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
cp pyker.py ~/.local/bin/pyker
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/pyker
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Commands

Complete command reference

Process Management

start <name> <script>
Start a new Python process
stop <name>
Stop a running process
restart <name>
Restart a process
delete <name>
Remove process from list

Monitoring

list
Show all processes in table
logs <name>
Show process logs
info [name]
Show detailed information

Options

--auto-restart
Enable automatic restart on failure
--venv PATH
Use virtual environment
-f
Follow logs in real-time
-n 100
Show last 100 lines

Beautiful CLI Interface

Adaptive tables that work on any terminal size

Full Table (Wide Terminals)

Process List:
┌───────────┬────────┬─────┬───────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┬──────────────────┐
│Name │PID │CPU% │RAM │Started │Stopped │Script │
├───────────┼────────┼─────┼───────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼──────────────────┤
│✓ webserver│123456 │2.1 │45.2 │2025-01-27 09:30:15│- │server.py │
│✗ worker │- │0.0 │0.0 │2025-01-27 09:25:10│2025-01-27 10:15:30│worker.py │
└───────────┴────────┴─────┴───────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┴──────────────────┘

Compact Table (Narrow Terminals)

Process List:
┌──────────────────┬──────────┬───────────────┐
│Name │PID │Script │
├──────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────┤
│✓ webserver │123456 │server.py │
│✗ worker │- │worker.py │
└──────────────────┴──────────┴───────────────┘
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Status Indicators

Color-coded status with visual symbols

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Real-time Metrics

CPU and memory usage monitoring

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Adaptive Display

Automatically adjusts to terminal width