v1.7.0

LaunchManager v1.7.0

Added

• EnvironmentVariables — key-value editor in agent form.
• Override status — shows jobs disabled via launchctl override; 启用 button calls launchctl enable.
• Directory watching — agent list auto-refreshes when plist folders change (FSEvents) and when the app returns to foreground.

Improved

• Form save safety — blocks form save when plist contains keys the form cannot represent; lists unsupported keys and directs users to XML mode.
• launchctl errors — load/unload/start/stop/enable failures show a short hint plus raw launchctl output.

v1.6.4

LaunchManager v1.6.4

Added

• Plist XML editor — Form | XML tabs in agent editor; paste XML to create new jobs; extra plist keys preserved in XML mode.
• Import plist — import external .plist into user/global Agent or LaunchDaemon directories.
• Clone job — duplicate an existing Launch Agent/Daemon with a new Label.
• Services → Launch Agent — prefill a new user Agent from a running local service (command, working directory).
• WorkingDirectory — optional field in agent form.
• Startup update check — once per day, compares the running app to GitHub Releases; shows a sheet with DMG download link, Homebrew upgrade commands (copy), and options to skip a version or remind later.
• Check for Updates — manual check from the About window.

Changed

• Launch Agents sidebar — User Agents, System Agents, and LaunchDaemons merged into a single Launch Agents entry; the detail view groups items by scope with collapsible sections (same pattern as Services).
• New Agent — toolbar New is now a menu to pick user / global Agent or LaunchDaemon scope before opening the editor.
• Agent search — search runs across all three scopes in one view.

Improved

• Services row layout — port/address stays visible when display name or Docker image subtitle is long; Docker subtitle uses compose service or short image name.
• New Agent templates link — footer button on the new-agent sheet opens launchmanager.dev/templates.
• Services groups — Docker and local instance sections can be collapsed/expanded via the group header (helpful when many services are listed).
• DMG install UX — release DMGs include an Applications folder shortcut beside the app for drag-to-install (via create-dmg); README Direct Download instructions updated.
• Release tooling — shared package-dmg.sh for local builds and CI; build-dmg.sh outputs to build/LaunchManager.dmg.

v1.6.3

LaunchManager v1.6.3

Changed

• Release automation — version in Version.xcconfig, CHANGELOG-driven releases, GitHub Actions builds DMG and updates Homebrew tap.

v1.6.2

LaunchManager v1.6.2

Fixed

• Chinese and Unicode paths — paths like /Applications/启动器.app no longer show as ??? or mojibake; mojibake repair no longer corrupts valid CJK text.
• TCP Services empty list — inherit shell environment for lsof/ps; treat lsof exit 1 with no stderr as “no listeners”; count root-owned processes as alive when signal check returns EPERM.
• Services scan in GUI apps — run shell tools with C.UTF-8 locale without replacing the inherited environment.

Improved

• Process command lines — read UTF-8 argv from the kernel (KERN_PROCARGS2) before falling back to ps.
• Services UI — “显示全部” toggle (default on for first launch), clearer empty states and scan-error messaging.
• Path display — consistent FilePathNormalizer.display() across Services, Agents, and kill confirmations.

Installation

brew tap Sean10000/tap
brew upgrade --cask launchmanager

Or download LaunchManager.dmg below and drag to Applications.

First launch: right-click → Open (app is not notarized).

v1.6.1

LaunchManager v1.6.1

Added

• Help menu — opens https://www.launchmanager.dev/help from the menu bar.

Improved

• Full English UI — complete String Catalog coverage; interface follows system language (English or Chinese).
• Unicode paths — correct display of non-ASCII paths (e.g. Chinese .app names) in Services via native macOS APIs and UTF-8 shell locale.

Fixed

• Build error in process discovery (cwdFromLsof instance call).
• Octal-encoded path decoding from lsof output.

Installation

brew tap Sean10000/tap
brew upgrade --cask launchmanager

Or download LaunchManager.dmg below and drag to Applications.

First launch: right-click → Open (app is not notarized).

v1.6.0

LaunchManager v1.6.0

Added

• Services module: sidebar entry to scan local TCP listening processes (3s polling).
• Three-tier identification: host mechanisms (docker-proxy, Colima, SSH forward, etc.) → high-confidence services (Next.js, Redis, PostgreSQL) → user custom display names.
• Docker integration: resolve container name, image, and Compose labels via docker ps; stop containers with docker stop instead of killing docker-proxy.
• Grouped list: Docker and local instance sections in the Services view.

Scope

• Host-local TCP LISTEN only — processes bound on your Mac
• Docker published ports on Mac — via docker ps port mapping
• Does not include remote VM/NAS/LAN services or outbound-only (ESTABLISHED) connections
• TCP only in v1.6 (no UDP)

Improved

• Full process names from ps command= (avoids lsof ~8 character truncation).
• Docker CLI lookup via known install paths with /usr/bin/env docker PATH fallback (no zsh dependency).

Installation

brew tap Sean10000/tap
brew upgrade --cask launchmanager

Or download LaunchManager.dmg below and drag to Applications.

First launch: right-click → Open (app is not notarized).

v1.5.1

LaunchManager v1.5.1

Fixed

• Start / Stop 点击反馈： 启动、停止、载入、移除操作立即显示 spinner 与进行中状态，整行锁定防连点误操作。
• Stop 一次生效： 停止后轮询直到 PID 清除再结束 pending，避免需点击两次才显示已停止。

Installation

brew tap Sean10000/tap
brew upgrade --cask launchmanager

Or download LaunchManager.dmg below and drag to Applications.

First launch: right-click → Open (app is not notarized).

v1.5.0

LaunchManager v1.5.0

New

• Login Items 说明页： 侧边栏新增「Login Items」入口，说明 Launchd（LaunchAgent / LaunchDaemon）与系统「登录项」的区别，并提供按钮跳转到「系统设置 → 通用 → 登录项」。
• 侧边栏交互： 分类与 Login Items 使用按钮行，修复部分环境下点击侧边栏无法切换页面的问题。

Notes

• Login Items 仍由 macOS 系统设置管理；本应用不读取 BTM 列表、不提供开关。

Installation

brew tap Sean10000/tap
brew upgrade --cask launchmanager

Or download LaunchManager.dmg below and drag to Applications.

First launch: right-click → Open (app is not notarized).

v1.4.1

LaunchManager v1.4.1

Fixes

• Localization:「载入」「移除」and the delete confirmation message now show in English on English macOS (were missing from the String Catalog since v1.4.0).

Installation

brew tap Sean10000/tap
brew upgrade --cask launchmanager

Or download LaunchManager.dmg below and drag to Applications.

First launch: right-click → Open (app is not notarized).

v1.4.0

LaunchManager v1.4.0

Fixes

• Log viewer: No longer freezes the app — system logs load lazily, output is capped, and lines render incrementally instead of one giant text block (v2ex feedback).
• LaunchDaemons permissions: System Agent/Daemon plists are now saved as root:wheel with mode 644, fixing load failures after create (#3).
• Intel Macs: Release builds are now universal (arm64 + x86_64) (#2).

Improvements

• launchctl API cleanup: uses bootstrap/bootout/kickstart/kill only; removed stale duplicate sources with deprecated load/unload.
• UI: “载入” / “移除” instead of legacy load/unload wording.

Installation

brew tap Sean10000/tap
brew upgrade --cask launchmanager

Or download LaunchManager.dmg below and drag to Applications.

First launch: right-click → Open (app is not notarized).