Apps

apps - User friendly console "Applications Menu" for Linux.

Most command-line tools and applications have names that are hard to remember not only for new users but also for experienced system administrators, when they don't use some console command for a while. This simple menu will help you to collect all your console applications under one roof and sort them by meaningful categories.

No need to keep all that crazy names and flags in your head, the only thing that you need to remember when running console - is "apps"!

Add command with all your favorite flags to menu, put some easy name for it and leave a comment with description of what it's doing. Run apps and navigate menu with arrows or whatever buttons you like. Handy!

Installation

Download binaries: , or build it: TravisCI:

git clone https://github.com/anton-seliverstov/Apps.git Apps
cd Apps
git submodule init
git submodule update
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make
echo "User friendly console Applications Menu for Linux" | checkinstall -D --install="no" --pkgname "apps" --pkgversion "1.0" --pkgarch "amd64" --pkgrelease "1" --pkgsource "https://github.com/anton-seliverstov/Apps.git" --pkggroup "misc" --pkglicense "GNU General Public License, Version 3" --install=no --nodoc
dpkg -i apps_1.0-1_amd64.deb

Example

To build a sample menu template, simply run

apps

To generate menu based on installed applications run

generate_apps-rc

Menu has an easy to understand XML-like syntax, take a look at this example:

<apps >
    <prop name="SHOW_COMMENTS" value="true"/>

    <folder name="root">
        <folder name="utils" >
            <app name="show IP" cmd="/sbin/ifconfig" comment="shows ifconfig info to non-root user" />
        </folder>
    </folder>
</apps >

License

GNU General Public License, Version 3