lunchy

1. This tool is not something I'd use but if I were a casual user I'd appreciate it not changing my system configuration. Chances are if I want something like Marathono I don't want to be bothered with launchd. Also, if I delete the app I don't want to be left with "zombie" processes that I don't understand how to stop. 2. I love lunchy [1] (now ported to Go [2]), it's a simple launchctl wrapper that you can install with brew cask. 1: https://github.com/eddiezane/lunchy 2: https://github.com/sosedoff/lunchy-go

I prefer to use lunchy to do the launchctl stuff: https://github.com/eddiezane/lunchy 'gem install lunchy' to install it. Your commands would have been eg 'lunchy stop rethinkdb', 'lunchy start rethinkdb' - it matches on substrings. The ln step is handled slightly differently - it doesn't work with lists of files, and installs to two different places, but this is roughly equivalent: for f in /usr/local/opt/cassandra/*.plist; do lunchy install -s $f; done (here the -s flag is symlink rather than copy)

Additions: * lunchy: wrapper over launchctl, written in Ruby – https://github.com/mperham/lunchy * brew cask: "«To install, drag this icon...» no more", as they say – https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask * have fun with "say" – https://github.com/andreis/different

It looks like a great overview. One thought: you might mention Lunchy (https://github.com/mperham/lunchy) as a nice Ruby-friendly way to manage the not-so-nice, not-so-friendly launchctl business.