Cockpit

A terminal multiplexer library for Ratatui applications.

Cockpit enables running multiple OS processes in split panes with crash isolation. Each pane runs in its own PTY (pseudo-terminal), so if one process crashes, the others continue running unaffected.

Features

• PTY Management: Spawn processes in pseudo-terminals using portable-pty
• Terminal Emulation: Full VT100/ANSI terminal emulation via vt100
• Split Layouts: Horizontal and vertical pane splits
• Crash Isolation: Each process runs independently
• Ratatui Integration: Widgets for rendering panes
• Mouse Support: Click to focus panes

Installation

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
cockpit = "0.1"

Quick Start

use cockpit::{PaneManager, SpawnConfig, PaneSize, Layout};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> cockpit::Result<()> {
    // Create a pane manager
    let mut manager = PaneManager::new();

    // Spawn two panes
    let size = PaneSize::new(24, 80);
    let pane1 = manager.spawn(SpawnConfig::new(size))?;
    let pane2 = manager.spawn(SpawnConfig::new(size))?;

    // Set up a vertical split layout
    let layout = Layout::vsplit_equal(
        Layout::single(pane1.id()),
        Layout::single(pane2.id()),
    );
    manager.set_layout(layout);

    // Send input to the focused pane
    manager.send_input(b"echo hello\r").await?;

    Ok(())
}

Example

Run the interactive example:

cargo run --example basic

Controls:

• Ctrl+Q: Quit
• Ctrl+N: Focus next pane
• Mouse click: Focus pane under cursor

License

Licensed under either of:

• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.