HTML/Javascript would like a word
I'd say http://localapps should give an overview of all web apps running locally, with links to them. Those links should follow a naming scheme where the hostname ends with `.local` or smth.
My approach: Add entries for my localhost apps to `/etc/hosts`, and set up nginx as a reverse proxy.
Now when I go to `http://myapp.local` in the browser, `/etc/hosts` tells it to go to `localhost:80`. The http server sitting there knows which port to send the request to. I also made a systemd service that starts nginx automatically.
Now I have meaningful URLs for local apps, and I don't have to remember which one is listening on which port.
Malware will thank you.
1. In /etc/hosts (or dnsmasq): 127.0.0.1 ourapp.test 2. Caddy in front: ourapp.test { reverse_proxy localhost:8022 }
Caddy auto-provisions local certs, so you get https://ourapp.test, no ugly ports and no "not secure" prompt.
For the overview idea: a tiny local dashboard that scans common dev ports (3000, 5173, 8080...) and lists each running app by name is a ~100-line utility. This is exactly the kind of small tool I build, happy to make a quick version for you.
That same Pi won't even blink at a local TUI.
No just ignorant most likely. I can see how a child might think that an http/html session qualifies as providing all the same utility of a tty. Well it does not remotely by orders of magnitude.
I already said in the comment to begin with: "The closest you could say is web/electron, which is gross on all counts."