Ghost is a simple background process manager for Unix systems (Linux, macOS, BSD).

Ghost was inspired by projects like pueue and task-spooler.

• Run background commands without a resident daemon
• Terminal UI for monitoring, rerunning, and inspecting tasks
• Automatic log capture with live tailing
• Listening-port detection when lsof is available
• MCP server mode for AI assistant integration
• Works anywhere Unix process management is available

• Unix-based system (Linux, macOS, BSD)
• Rust 1.80+ (2024 edition)
• lsof (optional, used for port detection)

git clone https://github.com/skanehira/ghost.git
cd ghost
cargo build --release

The compiled binary is written to target/release/ghost.

If you prefer not to build from source, download the latest prebuilt binaries from the GitHub Releases page.

# Run a command in the background
ghost run echo "Hello, Ghost"

# List managed tasks
ghost list

# Inspect process output
ghost log -f <task_id>

# Run as a mcp server
ghost mcp

# Open the TUI dashboard
ghost

• Detailed usage guide
• Architecture overview