This simple application allows you to run a web server that lists certain terminal commands you would like to run on your desktop.
I use this application to control my volume and sleep my monitors (from my couch / bed). You can use it to play music, open applications, the possibilities are only limited by your command-line-fu and imagination!
- Clone this repo with
git clone git@github.com:benkaiser/desktop-command-remote.git. - Move into the cloned directory
cd desktop-command-remote. - Run
npm installto install the required packages. - Edit the file
configure.jswith the commands you want. - Run the server with:
node server.js(this may need to besudo node server.jsif you need to run priveledged commands, such as those in the mac sample config).
- Visit the url given to you somewhere in the console output.
To run the server in the background, use a tool such as pm2. The following command will install pm2:
sudo npm install -g pm2
And then you can run the server with:
pm2 start server.js
To stop pm2 run: pm2 stop all and pm2 kill. This will stop all pm2's child processes and disable it.
The current commands in there are the ones I use so you can simply delete any of those ones if you don't like them / they don't work on your machine. This is the function parameters for runCommand: addCommand(type, title, command, options). The type string should always be set to button (until I add features for other types like input). title is a string for the label of the command you want to appear on the command 'button', in other words it is what you call your command. command is a string containing the command you want to execute in the shell (terminal). options is an object that is optional, all it is used for now is changing the buttonType to a different bootstrap type, I use it on my suspend button to indicate danger (because my system will shut off wifi if I suspend).
If you want more functionality, you can either submit an issue and I will give you a 'yay' or 'nay' as to wether I have time / want to implement it or not. Or you can submit a pull request and there is a much higher likelihood it will end up in the final code-base.