rss — RuSt Supervisor

Lightweight, per-user process supervisor. No root, no virtualization.

Architecture

• Single daemon (rss daemon) manages all services in-process
• CLI (rss start, rss stop, etc.) talks to the daemon via Unix socket
• No PID files for services — state lives in daemon memory
• Config hot-reload — rename/add/remove services live, daemon detects changes
• Logs written to ~/.local/share/rss/logs/<name>.log — readable by CLI directly

Usage

First start the daemon (via systemd or terminal):

rss daemon

Then manage services:

rss start <name>       Start a service
rss stop <name>        Stop a service
rss restart <name>     Restart a service
rss status [name]      Show service status
rss logs <name> [-n N] [-f]   View logs (last N, follow)
rss enable <name> [--now]     Enable auto-start
rss disable <name>     Disable auto-start
rss list               List all services

Configuration

Place config.toml in ~/.config/rss/config.toml.

[service.NAME]
workdir       = "/path/to/project"
command       = "your command here"
stop_command  = "optional stop command"
timeout_start = 15
timeout_stop  = 10
restart       = "on-failure"   # no, always, unless-stopped, on-failure
restart_delay = 3
restart_max   = 5              # 0 = unlimited
oneshot       = false
stop_signal   = "TERM"
env = { KEY = "value" }

Placeholders in command / stop_command: {name}, {workdir}, {pid}, {log_file}, plus any env var.

Edit config.toml any time — the daemon picks up changes live.

systemd (user mode)

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
cp contrib/rss.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable rss
systemctl --user start rss

Requires linger for headless users:

sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER

Install

cargo install --path .

License

MIT