https://github.com/spotlightishere/launchcontrol

A GUI for launchd, similar to launchctl. Or... something.
https://github.com/spotlightishere/launchcontrol

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A GUI for launchd, similar to launchctl. Or... something.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/spotlightishere/launchcontrol
• Owner: spotlightishere
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-05-07T21:26:49.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-05-07T21:26:52.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-02T03:43:27.996Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: Objective-C
• Size: 16.6 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# launchcontrol

A `launchd` GUI with a similar goal to `launchctl`, or... something. Also inclues `libxpc` and `liblaunchd` to allow for easier access.

## Usage

Open, and enjoy. Hardly any functionality comparable to `launchctl` is implemented.

## Resources

 - `/sbin/launchd`

 - `/bin/launchctl`

 - `/usr/lib/system/libxpc.dylib`

 - [launchd source from OS X 10.9](https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/launchd) - while now outdated, some of the design remains.

 - [GitHub Search](https://cs.github.com) - if you're lucky

 - Frantically [Googling](https://google.com) and learning you're the first to encounter this error

 - [The Five Stages of Grief](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_stages_of_grief)

 - [Hopper](https://hopperapp.com)

 - [Ghidra](https://ghidra-sre.org)

## Caveats

 - The macOS Sandbox had to be disabled for this application in order to interface with `launchd`.

 - Does not function on iOS/watchOS/tvOS without the `platform-application` entitlement. How you manage that is trivial/beyond the scope of this paper/other academic excuses for not actually knowing.

 - This relies heavily on private XPC functionality. It is highly possible that, come next major OS release, this interface will change.

## Contributing

Thank you for wanting to contribute! This source is by no means wonderful.

Please follow these loose guidelines:

 - Run [clang-format](https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html) on all C/Objective-C source.

 - Run [swiftformat](https://github.com/nicklockwood/SwiftFormat) on all Swift source. We target Swift 5.6.

## License

Released under the MIT license.