v1.87.0

[v1.87.0] - 2026-01-03

New Features

• Process Dependency Graph: Added a comprehensive visualization feature available via CLI (graph command), TUI (Ctrl+Q), and REST API (graph). Supports multiple output formats: ASCII, Mermaid, JSON, and YAML.
• Scheduled Processes: Introduced support for cron and interval-based process execution.
• Enhanced TUI Interactivity: Added mouse support to the terminal view and a configurable escape character for interactive processes.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where environment variables were not correctly applied to foreground processes (#427).
• Fixed missing version information when the application is installed using go install (#426).
• Resolved various styling and layout issues for interactive processes in the TUI.

Maintenance

• CI/CD: Expanded the CI build matrix to include Windows and improved test coverage across all packages.
• Dependencies: Updated Go modules dependencies.

v1.85.0

New Features

Interactive Processes:

• Added initial support for interactive processes
• Added escape sequence CTRL+A, ESC to switch focus from interactive processes
  Configuration:
• Added --address flag for API port configuration (Fixes #421)
• Health-checks now use the same shell configuration as processes (Fixes #422)
  Performance:
• Improved recursive metrics collection performance

Bug Fixes

Interactive Mode:

• Fixed glyph handling/rendering
• Fixed shell process closing/termination
• Improved handling of special key combinations
• Fixed interactive colour rendering issues
• Fixed interactive process waiting to be drained
• Fixed initial terminal size issue

Core:

• Fixed process cloning issue (Fixes #420)
• Fixed go install by moving main to the repo root
• Implemented strict and non-strict validation for unknown fields in project extensions (Fixes #419)

Maintenance

• Updated Go module dependencies

Changelog

• b28cc1a Added interactive procs documentation
• f13558b Addes escape sequence CTRL+A, ESC from interactive focus
• 1a9bdad Fixed interactive process waiting to be drained
• 791e8ea Handle special key combinations
• b349e53 Interactive process p1
• a99b94d Update dependencies
• 5c346e3 chore: bump nix to 1.85.0
• 81bd789 chore: update Go module dependencies.
• 67feadc feat: add --address flag Fixes: #421
• eb8aee6 feat: helthcheck use same shell config as processes. Fixes #422
• cf667d8 feat: imporve recursive metrics collection performance
• 5ad29eb fix glyphs handling
• 024662a fix linter issues
• 2fd6ecd fix shell prosess close
• 31158b6 fix: Implement strict and non-strict validation for unknown fields in project extensions. Fixes: #419
• 1489ff4 fix: fixed process cloning Fixes #420
• 7c7ab9d fix: move main to the repo root to allow go install with pretty name
• 01231ff fixed initial size issue
• 12266d9 fixed interactive color issues
• 23ca692 tests: add terminal and processes order tests

v1.78.0

What's Changed

• Added clipboard copy/paste on Wayland
• Added ability to use go install to install Process Compose

Bug Fixes

• fix: restore environment variable precedence and align with docker-compose by @ManuelLR in #417
• Fixed process log pagination error #415
• Respect PC_LOG_LEVEL env variable in the Process Compose client
• Ignore empty name in namespace logging

Dependencies

Update dependencies: gin, gopsutil, xterm

New Contributors

• @cwinkler made their first contribution in #405
• @ManuelLR made their first contribution in #417

Full Changelog: v1.76.1...v1.78.0

v1.76.1

Bug Fix

• Fixed the regression that was introduced in 1.76.0 in the way PC handles processes health status

Changelog

• dc18cb4 chore: bump nix to 1.76.1
• 0aafa73 fix: regression in assigning readiness health #414

v1.76.0

Features

• Added support for strict mode to the project level (#409)

Fixes

• Prevent concurrent access to runningProc map during shutdown (#413)
• Exit on missing theme argument (#408)
• Ensure failing probes trigger restart policy (#403)

Changelog

• 4eccbd6 chore: bump nix to 1.76.0
• c5d1410 feat: add support for strict mode to the project level #409
• cc40fb8 fix: ensure failing probes trigger restart policy #403
• e34e5d9 fix: exit on missing theme argument #408
• 441d1b5 fix: prevent cuncurent access to runningProc map during shutdown #413

Full Changelog: v1.75.2...v1.76.0

v1.75.2

Bug Fixes

• b563a33 Terminating processes status is now visible in the Process Compose TUI during shutdown.

v1.75.1

New Features

• Add recipes support (785581e)
• Use envsubst for more feature filled environment expansion (fbd11ad)
• Enable and disable processes via environment variables #360 (680f228)

Bug Fixes

• Fix typo in launcher doc (3f277f7)
• Fixing swagger schema missing body (b62a3cd)
• Fixed generator for rust (f20a8fd)
• Fix Sonar Quality Gate failed (becc038)
• In case of timeout the process group should receive the SIGKILL signal (899c374)
• Obey parentOnly for Windows and add same log as for Unix (f1cb25e)
• Fix #364: better error handling for non tty terminal (aeb9dfd)
• Allow only single attention message go routine (635e893)
• Add missing attention message background color to the themes (cee4c90)
• Fix #364: prevent panic when closing a non open WS channel (74dbca1)
• Fix #400: process pending on ready log line and exit on skipped (3ea7827)

A big thank you to all the contributors who made this release possible:

• @hallaji
• @dzmitry-lahoda
• @adasauce
• @vandot

And of course to my amazing sponsors:

v1.73.0

What's Changed

• fix: fix builds on x86_64-darwin by @sandydoo in #342
• feat(rust): added crate with generated with api by @dzmitry-lahoda in #257
• fix: expose --slow-ref-rate to up by @jcmuller in #351
• feat: default to imprecise metrics and provide option to enable them by @jcmuller in #352
• feat: show project name either from config or from directory name by @jcmuller in #350
• table: color rows according to proc status by @9999years in #339
• feat: support http headers in probes by @jcmuller in #353
• Fix: if a process will never be ready, its dependants should fail by @maddiehorger-fr in #363
• table: display "Failed" for status by @9999years in #340
• feat: allow process environment variables to be rendered with project and process Vars by @adasauce in #357
• fix: add process struct tags to help yamlls recognize non-required fields by @adasauce in #356
• fix: reverse shutdown order does not contain all dependencies by @fabiankranewitter-aqt in #359
• feat: add env and yaml support for ordered_shutdown by @fabiankranewitter-aqt in #367
• fix: apply formatting to process compose schema using MarshalIndent by @adasauce in #370
• feat: Allow configuring log level through env by @happenslol in #369

New Contributors

• @sandydoo made their first contribution in #342
• @dzmitry-lahoda made their first contribution in #257
• @jcmuller made their first contribution in #351
• @maddiehorger-fr made their first contribution in #363
• @adasauce made their first contribution in #357
• @fabiankranewitter-aqt made their first contribution in #359
• @happenslol made their first contribution in #369

Full Changelog: v1.64.1...v1.73.0

v1.64.1

New Features

Core Functionality

• Added process-compose.yaml validations with --dry-run command (#331)
• Added ability to control resources refresh interval separately from the processes status table interval - --slow-ref-rate flag.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed performance regression in TUI caused by recursive monitoring of processes resources (#336)

Documentation

• Updated CLI documentation

Thank You

I'd like to extend my sincere thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible:

• Louis Opter @lopter

Your contributions are greatly appreciated!

Changelog

• a10f050 Add --dry-run flag to the root & up commands to validate the config
• dd5adc5 Add shell.nix file
• 36da57d Replaces instances of yaml.v2 with yaml.v3
• d1fd7c3 chore: bump nix to v1.63.1
• ab708ca chore: nix updated vendorHash
• fc52776 default.nix: update vendorHash
• bfc122f fix #336: fix performance regression caused by recursive processes resources monitoring

v1.63.0

New Features

CLI Improvements

• Added --logs-truncate flag to clean the internal log buffer on each process restart (#333)
• Added truncate command to the PC client and TUI CTLR+K shortcut (#333)
• Added --short flag to the version command (#330)
• Added --shortcuts flag and $PC_SHORTCUTS_FILES environment variable support to allow projects ship their own shortcuts configuration files in addition to user-level configuration files
• Added process-compose project is-ready [--wait] command to check project readiness status
• Added --detach-on-startup flag to process-compose up command
• Added --detach-on-success flag to detach when processes reach successful state
• Added support for namespace argument in project update command
• Added up command support for detached-with-tui mode
• Added tail logs for a namespace functionality (#301)

Core Functionality

• Added support for environment variables in exec health probes (#316)
• Added feature to print exec probes output to debug log (#286)
• Added recursive measurement of CPU & RAM usage (#289)
• Added is_disabled support to override with the false value (#177)
• Added ability to disable passing .env vars to processes (#317)

UI Enhancements

• Added more themes from catppuccin

Developer Tools

• Added script to generate JSON schema for YAML files to enable auto-completion

Bug Fixes

• Fixed settings file stat error handling (#325)
• Fixed help dialog theme
• Fixed serialization issue on process state IsRunning
• Fixed multiple loading of the same project
• Fixed shutdown behaviour to stop instantly when requested

Documentation

• Updated schema documentation
• Updated CLI documentation
• Removed Cobra auto-generated notices
• Clarified readiness vs. liveness probe differences
• Updated documentation for process-compose project-update
• Fixed MkDocs deprecation warnings

Maintenance

• Updated Golang from 1.22 to 1.23
• Updated golang-ci to v1.64.8
• Updated Goreleaser
• Updated GitHub Actions cache action to revision 4
• Fixed GitHub Actions docs build
• Improved 'make docs' with TMPDIR setting

Thank You

I'd like to extend my sincere thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible:

• Rebecca Turner @9999years
• Harry Vince @harryvince
• Gabriel Nützi @gabyx
• Michael Wain @mwain
• Ryan Mulligan @ryantm

Your contributions are greatly appreciated!

Full Changelog

• c0000e9 Add --detach-on-success
• cfb4848 Add --shortcuts, $PC_SHORTCUTS_FILES
• b0ca1d8 Add process-compose project is-ready [--wait]
• 2d6c44a Clarify readiness vs. liveness probe
• 3a66be5 Don't log "flushing"
• f87744d Don't say "Shutting Down" when detaching
• 01af328 GitHub Actions: Fix docs build
• 1603c79 Shutdown instantly
• 6702fb9 Update docs
• 010054a process-compose up: Add --detach-on-startup
• ff43f78 chore: Dependencies update, go 1.22 -> 1.23
• 13c3765 chore: Update golang-ci to v1.64.8
• e81e549 chore: bump nix to v1.63.0
• 729c54f chore: removed bluesky message formating
• 37eabd1 chore: update cache action rev to 4
• f95e601 chore: update goreleaser
• 8304c11 feat #286: Print exec probes output to DBG log
• dee9915 feat #289: Measure CPU & RAM recursively
• ed9c5e0 feat #301: Add tail logs for a namespace
• 4ddd367 feat #316: Support env variables in exec health probes
• f9010f7 feat #317: Added ability to disable passing .env vars to processes
• f38ac1b feat #330: Add a short version flag
• 8bdaec0 feat #332: update nix vendorHash
• c85438c feat #333: Add --logs-truncate flag
• efb0c52 feat #333: Add truncate mode to the PC client and TUI
• 3b0942b feat: Added more themes
• aff6610 feat: add script to generate json schema for yamls to allow for autocompletion
• 23a8be2 feat: support namespace arg in project update command
• de94054 feat: up support detached-with-tui
• 98208d1 fix #177: Add is_disabled to support overrides with the false value
• 5bc2be2 fix #325: Fix settings file stat error handling
• 474a231 fix: Help dialog theme
• 9d9e730 fix: stop loading the same project multiple times
• 7cfadcd fix: wrong serialization on process state IsRunning
• 42ab828 make docs: Set TMPDIR
• 6ac2540 mkdocs: Fix deprecation warning
• 9ebc063 tidy: tidy go modules