prm

You may find prm useful for this purpose, it lets you create projects with start/stop scripts that get executed when you do `prm start project` or `prm stop project`. I use it to quickly switch to the right directories, open editors, services, etc. needed by a project. 1. https://github.com/EivindArvesen/prm

Thanks! The basic idea, on and off for close to five years. Started out experimenting with shell session persistence (solved[0], but not quite), then prototyping a browser-concept and playing with browser-extensions, then settling on the OS-level... [0]: https://github.com/EivindArvesen/prm

Author here, AMA! Ever since solving a similar problem on the terminal a few years back [0], I kept wanting to explicitly change working context, keeping application states between whatever tasks I was working on. Cleave attempts to solve this by allowing you save and load "context" in macOS, in a manner similar to how IDEs and text editors lets you manipulate "projects" and "workspaces". These actions are available via a global hotkey that triggers the command palette, or via the menu bar. The Open Beta will be out this fall. [0]: https://github.com/eivindarvesen/prm

Author here! Ever since solving a similar problem on the terminal a few years back [0], I kept wanting to explicitly change working context, keeping application states between whatever tasks I was working on. Cleave attempts to solve this by allowing you save and load "context" in macOS, in a manner similar to how IDEs and text editors lets you manipulate "projects" and "workspaces". These actions are available via a global hotkey that triggers the command palette, or via the menu bar. AMA! Open Beta will be out this autumn. I'd also love any feedback on the (admittedly lacklustre) landing page. [0]: https://github.com/eivindarvesen/prm

I'm currently working on something like what you mention on your second line (something like a project manager for the OS), after creating a terminal project manager [0] (shameless plug). I'll probably have a prototype/alpha-relase (OS X only, for now) within a few weeks. As for Tabli, it looks pretty useful! [0]: https://github.com/eivind88/prm

This looks useful! I've also been working on tools to make user context switching easier on the terminal (such as a project of mine called prm[0]), and I'm currently working on bringing this sort of functionality to the desktop environment. If you (or anyone else) wants to talk about these sorts of things, or know of any good relevant research, please drop me a line here or at eivind dot arvesen at gmail dot com. [0]: https://github.com/eivind88/prm

Shameless plug here, OP: My project prm [0] might be helpful in the case of project initialization, as frustration with this (and jumping between projects) is what spurred its creation. [0]: https://github.com/eivind88/prm

Alright, I tried it out, but it doesn't seem to work on fish :( Here's the issue: https://github.com/eivind88/prm/issues/2