A macOS app for managing launchd LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons — view, create, edit, and control your system's scheduled tasks from a clean native UI.

• Browse all LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons across User, System Agent, and System Daemon scopes
• Services — discover host TCP listeners only (Next.js, Redis, Docker containers published on Mac, etc.), group by Docker vs local instance, stop processes or containers safely
• Create & edit plist jobs with a form UI — no manual XML editing required
• Control jobs: load, unload, start, stop
• View logs — both file-based stdout/stderr logs and system log (via log show)
• Handle invalid plists — empty or malformed plist files are shown inline with an option to delete them
• Privilege escalation for system-level operations (prompts for admin password when needed)

• macOS 14 Sonoma or later
• Xcode 16 or later (to build from source)

brew tap Sean10000/tap
brew install --cask launchmanager

Download the latest LaunchManager.dmg from Releases, drag the app to your Applications folder.

First launch: right-click the app → Open (required because this build is not notarized by Apple).

git clone https://github.com/Sean10000/LaunchManager.git
cd LaunchManager
open LaunchManager.xcodeproj

Build and run with Xcode (⌘R).

1. Select a scope from the sidebar: User Agents, System Agents, System Daemons, or Services
2. Click + to create a new job, or click the pencil icon to edit an existing one
3. Use the row buttons to load / start / stop a job
4. Expand a row (chevron) to see details and view logs
5. On Services, refresh the list, rename entries, open URLs, or stop local processes / Docker containers

The Services sidebar scans TCP ports listening on your Mac (lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN). It is a local dev-environment view, not a network-wide service discovery tool.

• TCP services listening on the host (Next.js, Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Docker / Colima containers whose ports are published on the Mac (resolved via docker ps)

• Outbound connections only (ESTABLISHED where your Mac is the client)
• Services running inside a VM, NAS, or another machine on the LAN (unless their port is forwarded so the Mac is listening locally)
• UDP listeners (v1 is TCP only)

# Will appear in Services only if the Mac is LISTENing on this port
lsof -iTCP:5666 -sTCP:LISTEN -nP

# Matches any socket involving port 5666 (including remote VM / outbound client)
lsof -i :5666

Example: A NAS on a VMware VM at 192.168.95.x:5666 — your Mac may only have an outbound ESTABLISHED connection to that address. The NAS is not listening on the Mac, so it is excluded by design.

LaunchManager is ideal if you want a free, native, open-source tool for everyday launchd management. For power users needing an AI assistant or expert XML editor, LaunchControl is the most feature-complete paid option.

LaunchManager/
├── Models/          # LaunchItem, InvalidPlist, Service, ListeningProcess
├── Services/        # PlistService, LaunchctlService, ProcessDiscovery, Docker/, resolvers
├── Store/           # AgentStore, ServiceStore, ServiceNameStore
└── Views/           # SwiftUI views (AgentList, ServicesList, …)

MIT — see LICENSE.

If LaunchManager saved you some time, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕ Americano is better.

Built with Claude (Anthropic) — AI pair programmer for design, implementation, and code review.