sheperd
| Crates.io | sheperd |
| lib.rs | sheperd |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| created_at | 2025-08-19 17:13:44.078481+00 |
| updated_at | 2025-08-19 17:13:44.078481+00 |
| description | A wanna be modern process manager for production applications, inspired by PM2 |
| homepage | https://github.com/mdnmdn/sheperd |
| repository | https://github.com/mdnmdn/sheperd |
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Sheperd
⚠️ SUPER EARLY DEVELOPMENT ⚠️
This project is in the very early stages of development. Nothing is stable, APIs will change, and features are incomplete. Use at your own risk!
A wanna be modern process manager for production applications, inspired by PM2.
🚧 Development Status
This project is currently in super early development. What this means:
- ❌ Not ready for production use
- ❌ APIs are unstable and will change
- ❌ Features are incomplete or missing
- ❌ Documentation is minimal
- ❌ No guarantees about backwards compatibility
🎯 Planned Features
Sheperd aims to be a modern, Rust-based process manager with features like:
- Process lifecycle management (start, stop, restart, reload)
- Configuration file support (YAML, JSON)
- Process monitoring and health checks
- Log management and rotation
- Clustering and load balancing
- Web dashboard and API
- Systemd integration
- Docker support
- Hot reloading
- Environment management
🛠️ Current State
Currently, this is mostly a Cargo.toml file with dependencies. The actual implementation is yet to be written.
📋 Requirements
- Rust 1.70+ (uses 2021 edition)
- Unix-like operating system (Linux, macOS)
🚀 Installation (When Ready)
# This doesn't work yet!
cargo install sheperd
📖 Usage (Planned)
# These commands don't exist yet!
sheperd start myapp.js
sheperd list
sheperd stop myapp
sheperd restart myapp
🤝 Contributing
Since this is in super early development, contributions are welcome but expect rapid changes. Please:
- Check existing issues before creating new ones
- Expect breaking changes in every commit
- Be patient with incomplete features
📄 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.
⚡ Inspiration
This project is inspired by PM2, the excellent Node.js process manager, but aims to be a more modern, cross-language solution built in Rust.
Remember: This is SUPER EARLY DEVELOPMENT. Don't use this in production!