aaronfrancis / solo
A Laravel package to run multiple commands at once, to aid in local development.
Requires
- php: ^8.2
- ext-pcntl: *
- illuminate/console: ^10|^11
- illuminate/process: ^10|^11
- illuminate/support: ^10|^11
- joetannenbaum/chewie: ^0.1.7
Requires (Dev)
- illuminate/database: ^10|^11
- orchestra/testbench: ^8|^9
- phpunit/phpunit: ^10.5|^11
README
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Warning
This is still beta software. Use with caution.
About
Solo for Laravel is a package to run multiple commands at once, to aid in local development. After installing, you can open the SoloServiceProvider to add or remove commands.
You can have all the commands needed to run your application behind a single command:
php artisan solo
Each command runs in its own tab in Solo.
Credits
Solo was developed by Aaron Francis. If you like it, please let me know!
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis
- Website: https://aaronfrancis.com
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/@aarondfrancis
- GitHub: https://github.com/aarondfrancis/solo
This would not be possible without Joe Tannenbaum's Laracasts course, his Chewie package, and of course Laravel Prompts.
Installation
Require the package:
composer require aaronfrancis/solo --dev
Install the Service Provider:
php artisan solo:install
Usage
You can run Solo with the following command:
php artisan solo
This will start every command defined in your SoloServiceProvider
.
Customization
To customize Solo, you can open your SoloServiceProvider
and make changes there.
By default, it will look something like this:
namespace App\Providers; use AaronFrancis\Solo\Commands\EnhancedTailCommand; use AaronFrancis\Solo\Facades\Solo; use AaronFrancis\Solo\Providers\SoloApplicationServiceProvider; class SoloServiceProvider extends SoloApplicationServiceProvider { public function register() { Solo::useTheme('dark') // Commands that auto start. ->addCommands([ EnhancedTailCommand::make('Logs', 'tail -f -n 100 ' . storage_path('logs/laravel.log')), 'Vite' => 'npm run dev', // 'HTTP' => 'php artisan serve', 'About' => 'php artisan solo:about' ]) // Not auto-started ->addLazyCommands([ 'Queue' => 'php artisan queue:listen --tries=1', // 'Reverb' => 'php artisan reverb:start', // 'Pint' => 'pint --ansi', ]) // FQCNs of trusted classes that can add commands. ->allowCommandsAddedFrom([ // ]); } public function boot() { // } }
Several commands are provided to get you started in the right direction.
Adding / removing commands
To add new commands, you can pass a key/value pair of name/command to addCommands
or addLazyCommands
.
Lazy commands do not auto start. That can be helpful when you don't need to run a command everytime, but it might be useful from time to time. Like Queues or Reverb.
You may also pass a AaronFrancis\Solo\Commands\Command
instance (with no key) to the addCommands
or addLazyCommands
methods.
For example, notice the EnhancedTailCommand
command here:
Solo::useTheme('dark') // Commands that auto start. ->addCommands([ EnhancedTailCommand::make('Logs', 'tail -f -n 100 ' . storage_path('logs/laravel.log')), 'Vite' => 'npm run dev', // 'HTTP' => 'php artisan serve', 'About' => 'php artisan solo:about' ])
EnhancedTailCommand
is a subclass of Command
with a little bit of logic to make the logs more readable. You're free to create your own subclasses if you want!
To remove a command, simply delete the command. No need to create a PR to fix the stub. We've provided a reasonable set of starting commands, but the SoloServiceProvider
lives in your application, so you have full control of it.
Usage
To use Solo, you simply need to run php artisan solo
.
You'll be presented with a dashboard. To navigate between processes use the left/right arrows. You can scroll the output by using the up/down keys. Shift + up/down scrolls by 10 lines instead of one.
See the hotkeys on the dashboard for further details.
Theming
Two themes are shipped by default: light and dark.
To change the theme you can pass 'light' or 'dark' to the useTheme
method.
Solo::useTheme('dark');
If you prefer to have it .env driven so that you and your teammates can have different themes, you can create a config/solo.php
with a theme
key. Manually set configuration takes precedence over configuration, so you'll need to remove the useTheme
call.
Creating a new theme
You can create a new theme by either subclassing the LightTheme
or DarkTheme
or by implementing the Theme
interface.
After you create the theme, you'll need to register it by calling:
// overwrite the default light theme Solo::registerTheme('light', AaronsAwesomeLightTheme::class); // or create something totally new Solo::registerTheme('synth', SynthWave::class);
Modifying the dashboard
If you want, you can register a new Renderer to render the entire dashboard. This is out of scope for documentation and only for the brave of heart, but once you do you can register it thusly:
Solo::setRenderer(MyFancyDashboardRenderer::class);
Allowing packages to register commands
By default, packages are not allowed to register commands. If they do register commands, they'll be marked as "unsafe." They'll still show up on your dashboard, but they will not run.
To allow a package to register a command, you must add the caller to your service provider:
Solo::allowCommandsAddedFrom([ // Note that Pint doesn't actually register Solo commands, this is just an example! \Laravel\Pint\PintServiceProvider::class, ]);
Contributing
Please help.
I haven't tested this on Windows, I don't have a Windows machine!
Also there are gonna be so many edge cases with commands, terminals, etc. I need a good way to test these things. If you're good at testing, please help me set up a good scaffold.
Support me
This is free! I also don't take donations.
If you want to support me you can either buy one of my courses or tell your friends about them or just generally help me spread the word about the things I make. That's all!
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