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Your Linux workstation, under control.
Command Center is a desktop app for the everyday jobs of running a Linux workstation: your Git repositories, the Commander Toolbox installers, dotfiles and Home Manager, backups and restores, configuration files, services, and system health. Everything runs locally as your normal user. There's no account, no cloud service, and no telemetry.
This wiki is written for Command Center 0.7.0. Check your version under Settings → About & updates.
Command Center never runs anything behind your back. Every action that changes your system opens a review first. The review shows the exact command and the folder it runs in, and nothing starts until you confirm. Results are kept in Activity. Read How Commands Run once; it explains the review, running jobs side by side, stopping jobs, and what the app does on its own (only read-only checks).
| Page | Use it to… | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboard | See repositories, backups, configuration and health at a glance, and launch your own quick actions | Dashboard & Needs Attention |
| Needs attention | See everything that wants your action in one list | Dashboard & Needs Attention |
| Repositories | Find all your Git projects, review changes, stage, commit, branch, stash, fetch/pull/push, and run project tasks | Repositories |
| Toolbox | Browse and run the 215 Commander Toolbox installers and your own personal tools | Toolbox & Terminal |
| Terminal | Answer prompts from installers and interactive tasks inside the app | Toolbox & Terminal |
| Workflows | Save multi-step maintenance routines and new-machine setup recipes | Workflows & Machine Profiles |
| System Sync | Review dotfiles changes, then build and apply Home Manager | System Sync |
| Backup & Restore | Run backups, browse Restic snapshots, find every saved version of a file, restore files, schedule backups, and prove recovery works | Backup & Restore |
| Configuration | Edit Ghostty and Fastfetch with visual controls, a preview, validation and history | Configuration |
| System Health · Services · System inventory | Check disks, failed services, updates, and installed tools; manage user services | Health, Services & Inventory |
| Activity · Change timeline | See every command's output and result, and search what changed and when | Activity & Change Timeline |
| Settings | Connect your setup, customize the app, and move it to another machine | Settings · Moving to a New Machine |
- Install Command Center and launch it from your application menu.
- Follow the setup wizard: choose your repository folders, detect your dotfiles, Home Manager and backup helpers, then check what's installed. See Getting Started.
- Open Repositories to see every project and its status.
- Open Toolbox, pick a tool and choose Review & run.
- Press Ctrl+K anywhere to jump to a page, repository or quick action.
- Your Data & Privacy: what's stored, where, and what the app never does on its own.
- Troubleshooting & FAQ: fixes for common problems.
- Found a bug or have an idea? Open an issue.