Command Pad

A graphical interface lets users launch, stop, and watch command‑line programs from a single window. The application displays each process’s output with preserved colour coding and can issue a notification when a script finishes, indicating success or failure. It also supports running commands with elevated privileges on macOS and opening URLs directly from the UI.

The tool is aimed at developers who regularly need multiple terminal sessions, such as running development servers, build or test scripts, or command‑line GUI utilities like JMeter. By centralising these tasks, it reduces the need to manage several separate terminal windows and provides a visual cue for which services are active.

Implemented with Electron, the macOS build is distributed as a 35 MB DMG and is released under the MIT license. The software does not transmit user data beyond minimal, anonymous usage statistics, and users can compile a version without the analytics component if desired.