demand

demand is a configurable one-key task runner for various shell commands and language/package manager commands.

installation

$ git clone https://github.com/mxtetrachord/demand \
    && cd demand \
    && npm install \
    && npm run build

# set up a shell alias
$ alias demand='node ~/path/to/here/build/index.js'

# create the config file at ~/.config/demand/items.js
$ demand --init

$ cat ~/.config/demand/items.js
module.exports = {
  custom: {},
  git: {
    g: { title: 'status', cmd: 'git status' },
    d: { title: 'diff', cmd: 'git diff' },
    D: { title: 'diff-cached', cmd: 'git diff --cached' },
  },
  npm: {},
  python: {},
}

$ echo "yay"

# launch the app
$ demand

usage

if you used the alias technique, just run $ demand and see the normal demand window; there are instructions printed at the top, and you'll see your configured items from your ~/.config/demand/items.js. they'll be assigned a key command based on their keys in the hash they're attached to (so e.g. config.npm.g will represent the command that runs on g).

any valid shell works for cmds, with the understanding that i'm running everything through child_process.exec so any gotchas there will be gotchas here too.