Show HN: Procman, a TUI for run Procfile based app locally
Procman is a CLI tool that provides a TUI alternative to Foreman and Overmind for running Procfile-based applications locally, such as Rails apps.
Background
- **Procfile** is a standard file format (used by Heroku and many Ruby/Rails projects) that lists the processes needed to run an application — e.g., a web server, a background worker, and a scheduler — each on its own line.
- **Foreman** and **Overmind** are existing command-line tools that read a Procfile and launch all those processes simultaneously, handling their output and lifecycle. Overmind adds tmux-based session management.
- **TUI** stands for Terminal User Interface — an interactive, visual interface inside the terminal (as opposed to a simple command-line log dump).
- **Show HN** is a post category on Hacker News where developers share personal projects for feedback.
- **Who this is for**: Ruby on Rails developers (or anyone using Procfiles) who want a more interactive, visually organized alternative to the existing process runners.