Wcon is a simple task manager with a web interface. I use it to control simple tasks running on my raspberries. Examples are music players, slide shows to projector, simple audio services etc. It uses a simple json configuration file:
[
{
"Name": "task display name",
"Exec": "bash -c this",
"Dir": "working directory"
},
...
]
The web server listens at host:port and presents a simple UI to start/stop tasks.
Usually i start it with systemd on boot.
go install github.com/anastasop/wcon@latest
Write a simple configuration file progs.json like the following
[
{
"Name": "Poweroff",
"Exec": "/sbin/poweroff"
},
{
"Name": "Radio105",
"Exec": "vlc -I dummy https://icy.unitedradio.it/Radio105.aac"
},
{
"Name": "Astro",
"Exec": "/usr/local/plan9/bin/astro -s | espeak"
},
{
"Name": "Slideshow",
"Exec": "feh -F -D 2 --on-last-slide resume",
"Dir": "/home/anastasop/photos"
}
]
Start the server with wcon -l :8080 -c ./progs.json
Point the browser at localhost:8080
Use the start/stop buttons to manipulate the tasks.
Wcon is released under the GNU public license version 3.
The UI is simplistic and tailored for my screens.