bgproc

A CLI for managing background processes. All commands output JSON to stdout.

When to Use

Use bgproc when you need to:

• Start a dev server or other long-running process in the background
• Check if a process is running and what port it's listening on
• View logs from a background process
• Stop a background process

Commands

# Start a process
bgproc start -n <name> -- <command...>
bgproc start -n devserver -- npm run dev
bgproc start -n devserver -t 300 -- npm run dev  # auto-kill after 5 min