alter

alter is a single-binary process manager inspired by PM2, built for Windows-first

developers.

Run and manage any application - Python, Node.js, Go, Rust, .NET,

PHP - from a single CLI with:

- Auto-restart with exponential backoff on crash

- Watch mode (restart on file changes)

- Namespaces for grouping and bulk-controlling processes

- Live log streaming in terminal and browser

- Real-time web dashboard at http://localhost:2999/

- Password-protected dashboard with Argon2id hashing and session tokens

- Telegram bot for remote process control and push notifications

- Notifications via Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, and webhook

- Tunnel management (cloudflared, ngrok, bore) with guided in-app provider install

- Browser-based terminal with full PTY support via xterm.js

- Git integration: pull, reinstall dependencies, and restart in one click

- System resource stats (CPU, RAM, GPU) on the Analytics dashboard

- Multi-server support: manage multiple alter instances from one web UI

- Process clone: duplicate any process config instantly

- State persistence (save/restore across reboots)

- Ecosystem config via TOML or JSON

- Full REST API

- No console window popups on Windows (CREATE_NO_WINDOW)

- Process enable/disable flag (include or exclude from Start All without removing)

- Multi-provider AI assistant (Ollama, GitHub Models, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI-compatible)

- Terminal command history persisted to disk per process

- Sidebar process grouping by namespace with collapsible sections and bulk actions

- Daemon-side UI settings (view mode persists across browser sessions)