A new terminal-based tool aims to make systemd service management more visual.
The tool, called systemd-manager-tui, is a TUI (terminal user interface) application that lets users start, stop, enable, disable, and monitor systemd services through a text-based menu system. It runs entirely in the terminal, so users don't need to remember systemctl flags or juggle multiple command-line arguments. The project is open-source and available on GitHub.
For Linux sysadmins who spend most of their time in the terminal but find systemctl's syntax tedious, this offers a quick visual alternative. That said, systemd management tools are not in short supply — Cockpit, systemctl's own tab-completion, and various third-party GUIs already exist. This one appears to be a single-developer side project, so expect it to be functional but limited in scope.
The modest Hacker News reception (14 points, one comment) suggests most readers see it as a nice-to-have rather than something填补 a glaring gap.