About 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)
