Daemon Mode

Reeboot can run as a persistent background service that starts automatically on login and restarts if it crashes.

Start as a Daemon

reeboot start --daemon

This generates and registers a service unit for your platform:

Platform	Mechanism	Unit label
macOS	launchd (`~/Library/LaunchAgents/`)	`com.reeboot.agent`
Linux	systemd user unit (`~/.config/systemd/user/`)	`reeboot.service`

The service is set to start on login (RunAtLoad: true / WantedBy=default.target) and restart automatically if it exits.

reeboot stop

This stops the running service without unregistering it. It will restart on next login.

Daemon logs are written to:

~/.reeboot/logs/reeboot.log        ← stdout
~/.reeboot/logs/reeboot-error.log  ← stderr (errors only)

Stream them live:

reeboot logs --follow

The plist file is written to ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.reeboot.agent.plist and loaded with:

launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.reeboot.agent.plist

To manually unload:

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.reeboot.agent.plist

A systemd user unit is written to ~/.config/systemd/user/reeboot.service and enabled with:

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now reeboot

To check status:

systemctl --user status reeboot

To stop:

systemctl --user stop reeboot

reeboot restart

Gracefully restarts the agent (sends a restart signal if running as a daemon, or restarts the process directly).

The daemon runs as your user — no sudo or root access is required.
Config changes require a restart to take effect: reeboot restart.
If the agent crashes, the service manager (launchd/systemd) will restart it automatically.