desto

desto lets you run and manage your bash and Python scripts in the background (inside tmux sessions) through a simple web dashboard. Launch scripts, monitor their and your system's status, view live logs, and control sessions—all from your browser.

The key features are:

• One-click session control: Launch, monitor, and stop tmux sessions from your browser.
• 🐚 Bash & 🐍 Python support: Run both bash (.sh) and Python (.py) scripts seamlessly.
• Script management: Use your existing scripts, write new ones, edit, save, or delete them directly in the dashboard.
• ⭐ Favorite commands: Save, organize, and quickly run your frequently used commands with usage tracking and search.
• Live log viewer: Watch script output in real time and view logs for each session.
• Live system stats: See real-time CPU, memory, and disk usage at a glance.
• Scheduling: Schedule scripts or script chains to launch at a specific date and time.
• Script chaining: Queue multiple scripts to run sequentially in a single session.
• Session history: Redis integration for persistent session tracking and history. See what is Redis →
• Long-term persistence: Optional SQLite database for durable session history that survives Redis key expiration—no extra services needed.
• Scheduled job control: Manage scheduled jobs with a dedicated table—cancel any scheduled job with a click.
• Session & log cleanup: Clear session history and delete logs for all or selected sessions.
• Notifications: Optional Pushbullet notifications for job/session finishes — set the DESTO_PUSHBULLET_API_KEY environment variable or add the key in Settings to receive desktop/mobile pushes when jobs complete.
• Persistent script & log storage: Scripts and logs are saved in dedicated folders for easy access.
• 🖥️ Command-line interface: Manage sessions, view logs, and control scripts from the terminal with our modern CLI. Learn more →

🎬 Demo

✨ desto Overview

👀 Dashboard Overview

🚀 Launch your scripts as `tmux` sessions

When you start desto, it creates desto_scripts/ and desto_logs/ folders in your current directory. Want to use your own locations? Just change these in the settings, or set the DESTO_SCRIPTS_DIR and DESTO_LOGS_DIR environment variables.

Your scripts show up automatically—no setup needed. Both .sh (bash) and .py (Python) scripts are supported with automatic detection and appropriate execution. Ready to launch? Just:

1. Name your tmux session
2. Select one of your scripts
3. (OPTIONAL) edit and save your changes
4. Click "Launch"! 🎬

✍️ Write new scripts and save them

If you want to compose a new script, you can do it right here, or simply just paste the output of your favorite LLM :) Choose between bash and Python templates with syntax highlighting and smart defaults.

⭐ Favorite Commands

Save, organize, and quickly run your frequently used commands with usage tracking and search.

⚙️ Change settings

More settings to be added!

📜 View your script's logs

🌙 Dark Mode

Switch to dark mode for comfortable viewing in low-light environments.

⚡ Quick Start with Docker 🐳

The fastest way to ship desto is by using Docker Compose 🚢

You only need Docker and Docker Compose installed on your machine. If you don't have them yet, you can find installation instructions on the Docker website and Docker Compose documentation (or follow your favorite LLM's instructions 😉).

Start desto in just a few steps:

1. Clone the repository and go to it's main directory

   git clone https://github.com/kalfasyan/desto.git && cd desto

2. Start the application with Docker Compose

   docker compose up -d

✅ Done! 🎉

You’re all set—your desto dashboard is now running at:
🌐 http://localhost:8809

# Start the app in background (Docker Compose)
docker compose up -d

# View logs (Docker Compose)
docker compose logs -f

# Stop and remove services (Docker Compose)
docker compose down

# Rebuild and start (Docker Compose)
docker compose up -d --build

# Run the container directly (plain Docker)
docker run -d -p 8809:8809 \
  -v $PWD/desto_scripts:/app/desto_scripts \
  -v $PWD/desto_logs:/app/desto_logs \
  --name desto-dashboard \
  desto:latest

# View logs (plain Docker)
docker logs -f desto-dashboard

# Stop and remove the container (plain Docker)
docker stop desto-dashboard && docker rm desto-dashboard

🗄️ Optional: Enable SQLite Long-Term Persistence

By default, desto uses Redis for session tracking with a 7-day expiration. To keep session history indefinitely, enable the built-in SQLite store by setting the SQLITE_ENABLED environment variable:

# In docker-compose.yml, change:
- SQLITE_ENABLED=true

Or when running without Docker:

export SQLITE_ENABLED=true
desto

The SQLite database is stored at desto_data/desto.db (configurable via SQLITE_DB_PATH). It requires no additional services—just a file on disk. Your data persists across Redis restarts and key expirations.

Note

Why SQLite over PostgreSQL? SQLite requires zero configuration, no additional Docker service, and no network setup. It's ideal for single-node deployments like desto. For most users, it provides all the durability benefits of a SQL database without any installation hassle.

🖥️ CLI & 📊 Dashboard Installation with uv or pip

If you are not familiar with uv, you may visit uv's official website for more information.

uv is a super-fast Python package manager and virtual environment tool, written in Rust. It helps you manage dependencies, create isolated environments, and install packages much faster than traditional tools like pip.

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• tmux
• at (for scheduling features)

Check pyproject.toml

Installation Steps

1. Install tmux and at

   Instructions for different package managers

   • Debian/Ubuntu

     sudo apt install tmux at

   • Almalinux/Fedora

     sudo dnf install tmux at

   • Arch Linux

     sudo pacman -S tmux at

   Note: The at package is required for scheduling features. If you don't plan to use script scheduling, you can skip installing at.

2. Install desto

   Installation Steps

   • (Recommended) With uv, simply run:

     uv add desto

     This will install desto in your project ✅
     Or if you don't have a project yet, you can set up everything with uv:

     1. Install uv by following the instructions on the official site.

     2. Create and set up your project:

        mkdir myproject && cd myproject
        uv init
        uv venv
        source .venv/bin/activate
        uv add desto

        Done!

   • With pip:

     pip install desto

3. Run the Application

   desto

🔄 Auto-start on Boot (systemd)

If you want desto to start automatically when your system boots, you can install a systemd service using the CLI. This works for non-Docker installations.

# Install as a user service (recommended)
desto-cli service install

# Or install as a system service (requires sudo)
sudo desto-cli service install --system

This ensures the dashboard is always available after a reboot.

Note

Docker users: If you are using Docker Compose, desto is already configured to auto-start via the restart: always policy in docker-compose.yml. No further action is needed.

🎉 Done!
Open your browser and visit: http://localhost:8809 🚀

Global desto Installation as a uv Tool (includes CLI)

# Install desto CLI globally
uv tool install desto

# Or install from source
cd /path/to/desto
uv tool install . --force

This installs two executables:

• desto - Web dashboard
• desto-cli - Command-line interface (work in progress)

# Check system status
desto-cli doctor

# List all sessions
desto-cli sessions list

# Start a new session
desto-cli sessions start "my-task" "python my_script.py"

# View session logs
desto-cli sessions logs "my-task"

# Kill a session
desto-cli sessions kill "my-task"

# List all scripts
desto-cli scripts list

# Create new script
desto-cli scripts create "my_script" --type python

# Edit script in $EDITOR
desto-cli scripts edit "my_script"

# Run script in tmux session
desto-cli scripts run "my_script"

# Run script directly
desto-cli scripts run "my_script" --direct

📖 Full CLI Documentation →

The CLI provides the same functionality as the web interface but optimized for terminal use, including rich formatting, real-time log viewing, and comprehensive session management.

License

Shield:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

TODO

• Explore possibility to pause processes running inside a session

desto makes handling tmux sessions and running scripts approachable for everyone—no terminal gymnastics required!