AndrianBdn / clive

Automates terminal operations and lets you view them live via a browser.

Automates terminal operations and lets you view them live via a browser.

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cLive

• Prerequisite
• Installation
• Getting Started
• Commands
  • init
  • start
  • validate
  • completion
• Configuration
  • actions
  • settings
• Examples
• License

ℹ️ Prerequisite

cLive requires ttyd to be installed.
For example, if you are using homebrew, you can install it with brew install.

$ brew install ttyd

See the ttyd documentation for more information.

⚡ Installation

Note There are prerequisites for using cLive. See Prerequisite for details.

If you are using homebrew, you can install cLive with brew install.

$ brew install koki-develop/tap/clive

It can also be installed using go install.

$ go install github.com/koki-develop/clive@latest

Or download the binary from the releases page.

🔰 Getting Started

First, run clive init.

$ clive init
Created ./clive.yml

A file named clive.yml will then be created with the following contents:

# documentation: https://github.com/koki-develop/clive#settings
settings:
  loginCommand: ["bash", "--login"]
  fontSize: 22
  defaultSpeed: 10

# documentation: https://github.com/koki-develop/clive#actions
actions:
  - pause
  - type: echo 'Welcome to cLive!'
  - key: enter

Finally, run clive start to launch the browser and start cLive.

$ clive start

🚀 Commands

Available commands:

• init - Create a config file.
• start - Start cLive actions.
• validate - Validate a config file.
• completion - Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell.

clive init

Create a config file.

$ clive init

Flag	Default	Description
-c, --config	./clive.yml	Config file name.

clive start

Start cLive actions. See Configuration for the config file.

$ clive start

Flag	Default	Description
-c, --config	./clive.yml	Config file name.

clive validate

Validate a config file.

$ clive validate

Flag	Default	Description
-c, --config	./clive.yml	Config file name.

clive completion

Generate the autocompletion script for clive for the specified shell.
See each sub-command's help for details on how to use the generated script.

$ clive completion <shell>

# e.g.
$ clive completion bash
$ clive completion bash --help

Available shells:

• bash
• fish
• powershell
• zsh

⚙️ Configuration

The config file consists of actions and settings.

• actions - Actions to run.
• settings - Basic settings (font size, default speed, etc.) .

actions

Actions to run.
Available actions:

• type - Type characters.
• key - Enter special keys.
• ctrl - Press the Ctrl key with other keys.
• sleep - Sleep for a specified number of milliseconds.
• pause - Pause actions.
• screenshot - Take a screenshot.

type

Type characters.

Field	Required	Default	Description
type	Yes	N/A	Characters to type.
count	No	1	Number of times to repeat the action.
speed	No	10	Interval between key typing (milliseconds).

# e.g.
actions:
  - type: echo 'Hello World'
    count: 10 # Optional
    speed: 100 # Optional

key

Enter special keys.
Available keys:

• esc
• backspace
• tab
• enter
• left
• up
• right
• down
• space

Field	Required	Default	Description
key	Yes	N/A	Special key to type.
count	No	1	Number of times to repeat the action.
speed	No	10	Interval between key typing (milliseconds).

# e.g.
actions:
  - key: enter
    count: 10 # Optional
    speed: 100 # Optional

ctrl

Press the Ctrl key with other keys.

Field	Required	Default	Description
ctrl	Yes	N/A	Characters to enter with the ctrl key.
count	No	1	Number of times to repeat the action.
speed	No	10	Interval between key typing (milliseconds).

# e.g.
actions:
  - ctrl: c # Ctrl+c
    count: 10 # Optional
    speed: 100 # Optional

sleep

Sleep for a specified number of milliseconds.

Field	Required	Default	Description
sleep	Yes	N/A	Time to sleep (milliseconds).

# e.g.
actions:
  - sleep: 3000 # Sleep for 3 seconds.

pause

Pause actions.
Press enter to continue.

# e.g.
actions:
  - pause

screenshot

Take a screenshot.
Screenshots you take are saved in screenshots/.

# e.g.
actions:
  - screenshot

settings

Basic settings.
Available settings:

• loginCommand - Login command and args.
• fontSize - Font size.
• fontFamily - Font family.
• defaultSpeed - Default interval between key typing.
• skipPauseBeforeQuit - Whether to skip pausing before quitting.
• browserBin - Path to an executable browser binary.
• headless - Whether to run the browser in headless mode.
• width - Window width.
• height - Window height.

loginCommand

Login command and args.
Default: ["bash", "--login"].

# e.g.
settings:
  loginCommand: ["zsh", "--login"]

fontSize

Font size.
Default: 22

# e.g.
settings:
  fontSize: 36

fontFamily

Font family.

# e.g.
settings:
  fontFamily: monospace

defaultSpeed

Default interval between key typing.
Default: 10

# e.g.
settings:
  defaultSpeed: 100

skipPauseBeforeQuit

Whether to skip pausing before quitting.
Default: false

# e.g.
settings:
  skipPauseBeforeQuit: true

browserBin

Path to an executable browser binary.
See the go-rod documentation for supported browsers.

# e.g.
settings:
  browserBin: /Applications/Sidekick.app/Contents/MacOS/Sidekick # use Sidekick

headless

Whether to run the browser in headless mode.
Default: false

# e.g.
settings:
  headless: true

width

Window width.

# e.g.
settings:
  width: 1600

height

Window height.

# e.g.
settings:
  height: 800

📖 Examples

For more examples see the examples/ directory.

📝 License

MIT License