# jimbojsb/launchrocket

A Mac PrefPane to manage all your Homebrew-installed services

Repository: https://github.com/jimbojsb/launchrocket
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/launchrocket
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-08-09T14:41:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5143, "days_push": 2946, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3041, forks 108 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:39.300949+00:00)

## What it is
LaunchRocket is a macOS System Preferences pane for managing launchd services, primarily those installed via Homebrew. It provides start/stop controls, status indicators, and the option to run services as root.

## Use cases
- manage homebrew services on mac
- start and stop launchd services with a gui
- run dnsmasq or nginx as root on macos
- view status of background services on mac
- replace brew services command line with a gui

## When to choose
- you use Homebrew services on macOS and want a graphical manager
- you need to toggle services as root without memorizing launchctl commands

## When to avoid
- you are on a modern macOS version, as the project has not been updated since 2018
- you prefer command-line tools like brew services
- you need Gatekeeper-signed software

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools, operating-systems, self-hosted
- platform: -
- tags: homebrew, launchd, preference-pane, service-management, objective-c, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- jimbojsb/launchrocket (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.300949+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:29:14.726566+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jimbojsb/launchrocket (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.300949+00:00, sha c2bf66220da7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.