Entry No. 4 The login screen · open source

porchlight

A fast, fleet-aware login dashboard for your terminal.

Status: OperatedSuccessor to fleet-motd
Class: Open source
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Python 3.9+ · zero dependencies

Outcome

Logging in to any machine tells you what needs attention before you type a command.

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ranked attention list1

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§ 1One attention list

A message of the day for a fleet: the machine's vitals and services, the AI agents and how much of their plan is left, Docker, open pull requests and cloud status, ranked into a single list of what needs you. It renders from cache, so the login never waits on the network.