Run your app, worker, webhook tunnel, and watch scripts in one terminal dashboard.
It covers the useful middle ground between a pile of tabs and a full tmux ritual. You get readable logs, quick restarts, and keyboard-driven process control without building extra glue.
Spin up a Next.js app, queue worker, Stripe webhook listener, and background sync job together while you build a feature.
A stacked-branches Git workflow for shipping smaller, cleaner changes.
Most teams accept branch pileups and rebase pain as normal. git-branchless gives solo builders and small teams a better workflow without forcing them onto a hosted review product.
Split a database migration, CLI update, and docs pass into separate reviewable branches while keeping the dependency order intact.
A JSON-first TUI for exploring large payloads and logs without leaving the shell.
Developers often bounce between jq, less, and an editor for inspection work. jless is faster when the real job is understanding an unfamiliar nested payload interactively.
Inspect webhook events, AI API responses, or giant config blobs during backend and CLI debugging sessions.
A fast CSV toolkit for slicing, joining, cleaning, and profiling exports from the command line.
Indie products quietly run on CSVs from Stripe, support tools, and analytics platforms. qsv turns those exports into scriptable operations instead of one-off spreadsheet work.
Join revenue exports with user data, dedupe lead lists, or slice churn cohorts before shipping a quick product decision.
A general-purpose file watcher that reruns any command when your files change.
Hot reload gets treated like a framework perk, but watchexec gives you the same loop for scripts, test suites, generators, and internal tooling that never got a dedicated dev server.
Re-run CLI integration tests, regenerate SDKs, or refresh seed data whenever contract files or fixtures change.
A friendlier HTTP client than curl for readable requests, fast smoke tests, and shell scripts.
It keeps the composability of the terminal while removing a lot of the quoting and flag ceremony that makes ad-hoc curl sessions brittle.
Smoke-test local APIs, auth flows, and webhook endpoints, then drop the same request shape into docs or CI scripts.
A shell-native task queue for pausing, retrying, grouping, and monitoring long-running jobs.
Solo developers usually keep long jobs alive in fragile tabs or overbuild an internal runner too early. pueue gives you durable control over background work with almost no ceremony.
Queue imports, backfills, image processing, or scraping batches while keeping your main terminal free for active coding.
Dotbox turns tool-discovery rabbit holes into a monthly operator brief with setup notes and a clear point of view. Box #1 sets the tone.