DevTerminalKit

Demo

DevTerminalKit is a tiny desktop launcher for the way i like to start dev work: fast, clear, and without clicking around every time.

I care about small tools that remove boring steps. This app opens the backend and frontend in named Windows Terminal tabs, remembers the paths, and gives me one button to stop the terminal tasks it started. It is not trying to be a full IDE or a big workflow platform. It is just a clean little starter for local projects.

The value is simple:

• open the same workspace terminals every time
• keep backend and frontend commands visible and editable
• launch an agent terminal from the same place
• avoid killing random terminals when ending tasks
• keep the app portable and easy to package

Clone

Anyone who has access to the repo can clone it with:

git clone https://github.com/Seifpetit/DevTerminalKit.git
cd DevTerminalKit

If the repo is private, GitHub will ask them to sign in or use a token. If you want everyone to clone it without access, make the repo public in GitHub settings.

Run From Source

DevTerminalKit uses only the Python standard library and Tkinter.

python program.py

Requirements:

• Windows
• Python with Tkinter
• Windows Terminal installed, so wt.exe is available
• PowerShell, either pwsh.exe or powershell.exe

Build The Exe

Install PyInstaller if needed:

pip install pyinstaller

Build with the included spec:

pyinstaller DevTerminalLauncher.spec

The packaged app will be created in dist/. The build/ folder is temporary PyInstaller output and is ignored.

Project Shape

program.py                  app entrypoint
dev_terminal_kit/           app code
DevTerminalLauncher.spec    PyInstaller build recipe
app-icon.ico                Windows app icon
app-icon.png                source icon image

The code is split into small modules now:

• actions.py for user intents emitted by the UI
• app_config.py for constants and themes
• app_controller.py for dispatching actions, updating state, and running side effects
• app_settings.py for saved settings and packaged resources
• app_state.py for the current app state
• terminal_commands.py for terminal launch and process cleanup
• ui_widgets.py for custom Tkinter canvas widgets
• ui_tree.py for the small declarative UI builder
• launcher_app.py for the main app window