Marathono
Dev tools
process manager
SHOW HN2016
165points
76comments
#190of 2,264 in 2016
Top 9%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
8 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 9 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score +0.02.
Idea: 6 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple, focused, and convenient
From 3 comments
Awesome tool. Very simple and focussed as it should be. Definitely prefer this over the bunch of launchd scripts spread all over my system. Will definitely upgrade to your future…
reacharavindh on HNWow, this is super convenient. Thanks!
zongitsrinzler on HNI was thinking about making a terminal utility for doing this a couple days ago, the Mac app you made is so much better. I'll definitely be using this and upgrading to your paid…
primitivesuave on HN
Would use it to avoid juggling terminal windows and tmux sessions
From 2 comments
I was thinking about making a terminal utility for doing this a couple days ago, the Mac app you made is so much better. I'll definitely be using this and upgrading to your paid…
primitivesuave on HNI could see myself getting use out of this. Thanks!
scrabble on HN
Objections
Closed source, so trust and longevity are uncertain
From 2 comments
I'm at the point in my life where I simply don't trust free software that isn't open source. I've been burned too many times. Either charge me money so we have a legal bond, or…
donatj on HNSeems nice but the fact that it's not open source is a strong deterrent to start using it until there's a community using it.
jiiam on HN
Does not use launchd under the hood
From 2 comments
This looks nice, but I wish it would just use Launchd under the hood. Launchd is solid and full-featured: * Good process management (failure retries with backoff) * Supports…
lobster_johnson on HNThis feels like a caricature of Mac users. I mean, I like solid GUIs for graphical-friendly tasks. But launchd already exists and this doesn't even use that.
eropple on HN
Uncertain future pricing
From 1 comment
It's somewhat similar to https://github.com/typicode/hotel, although more generic. I feel a bit discouraged from trying it by the uncertainty about the eventual price. I guess…
matt4077 on HN
UI defects with dark theme on macOS 10.11
From 2 comments
Great tool. On OS X 10.11 using a dark theme causes the menulet to color the padding of the UI elements which makes it difficult to see the entries in the list.
rkv on HNYes, see[1]. Another user also reported the UI defects using the light theme as well on 10.11.6. 1. https://gitlab.com/marathono/marathono/issues/5
rkv on HN
Requests
Use launchd under the hood
From 2 comments
This looks nice, but I wish it would just use Launchd under the hood. Launchd is solid and full-featured: * Good process management (failure retries with backoff) * Supports…
lobster_johnson on HNLaunchd is a pain in the ass. And a poorly documented one at that. When they changed how it worked in a fundamental way somewhat recently (Yosemite I think) they couldn't even be…
brazzledazzle on HN
Show last line of output or better output viewing
From 1 comment
Does this have to be the case? I have a couple of long running processes that I would really like to check the output of from time to time. Couldn't you have an option to just…
vikeri on HN
Homebrew services integration
From 1 comment
Another cool feature could be to link up with Homebrew services. Redis/ES/nginx/etc are mostly installed through brew, and 'brew services' provides a convenient shortcut to…
e1g on HN
Open source the app
From 2 comments
I'm at the point in my life where I simply don't trust free software that isn't open source. I've been burned too many times. Either charge me money so we have a legal bond, or…
donatj on HNSeems nice but the fact that it's not open source is a strong deterrent to start using it until there's a community using it.
jiiam on HN
Questions
How does it differ from screen or tmux?
From 2 comments
Screen? Tmux? >Marathono is a small GUI tool that helps you manage long-running processes in macOS, so you don't have to maintain multiple windows/tabs/tmux sessions in your…
noobermin on HNThe use-case? Well, you have a process that will run for a long time. You don't want to keep a terminal open. You /could/ just detach it. Now what if you want to kill it? Open…
anon4711 on HN
Is there a Windows equivalent?
From 1 comment
Is there something like this but for windows?
infinitone on HN
Alternatives named
Lingon
From 1 comment
Lingon is a GUI for managing Launchd, but does not have a menubar widget. https://www.peterborgapps.com/lingon/
ndrake on HN
LaunchControl
From 2 comments
http://www.soma-zone.com/LaunchControl/ Makes it easy to set up your own launchd entries and manage existing ones, both user and system. I set up an rsync script to sync my…
seanp2k2 on HN"LaunchControl" is another commercial GUI around launchd. It's pretty comprehensive and has an optional menubar presence. It also has some cool contextual hints and automatic fix…
frou_dh on HN
brew services
From 1 comment
Just use "brew services", it couldn't be easier.
tbrock on HN
tmux and screen
From 2 comments
Screen? Tmux? >Marathono is a small GUI tool that helps you manage long-running processes in macOS, so you don't have to maintain multiple windows/tabs/tmux sessions in your…
noobermin on HNScreen solves this, and is remotely accessible :)
fredsted on HN
lunchy
From 1 comment
1. This tool is not something I'd use but if I were a casual user I'd appreciate it not changing my system configuration. Chances are if I want something like Marathono I don't…
smnscu on HN