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aliastron

Manage Electron app aliases with style

ℹ️ Includes Electron 37 (bundled automatically)

⚠️ UNTESTED ON UBUNTU ⚠️ Ubuntu users will probably need this dependency buffet: sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-0 libnotify4 libnss3 libxss1 libxtst6 xdg-utils libatspi2.0-0 libdrm2 libgbm1 libasound2 (Arch distros only - don't try this on Deb, I beg you)

$ npm install -g aliastron

Features

🎨

Beautiful UI

Colorful gradients, ASCII art banner, and styled tables

🖱️

Interactive Menus

Easy arrow key navigation with checkboxes

📋

List Aliases

View all your Electron app aliases in a table

➕

Create Aliases

Add new shortcuts with built-in validation

🗑️

Remove Aliases

Multi-select to remove multiple aliases at once

🔒

Persistent Storage

Stores aliases with automatic .bashrc integration

Demo

$ aliastron
     █████╗ ██╗     ██╗ █████╗ ███████╗████████╗██████╗  ██████╗ ███╗   ██╗
    ██╔══██╗██║     ██║██╔══██╗██╔════╝╚══██╔══╝██╔══██╗██╔═══██╗████╗  ██║
    ███████║██║     ██║███████║███████╗   ██║   ██████╔╝██║   ██║██╔██╗ ██║
    ██╔══██║██║     ██║██╔══██║╚════██║   ██║   ██╔══██╗██║   ██║██║╚██╗██║
    ██║  ██║███████╗██║██║  ██║███████║   ██║   ██║  ██║╚██████╔╝██║ ╚████║
    ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚═╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝   ╚═╝  ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝
? What would you like to do?
❯ 📋 List all aliases
➕ Create new alias
🗑️ Remove aliases
🚪 Exit

How To Use

1

Install Globally

Install aliastron using npm:

npm install -g aliastron
2

Run The Command

Launch aliastron from anywhere:

aliastron
3

Create Aliases

Use the interactive menu to create aliases for your Electron apps

4

Use Your Aliases

Start using your aliases immediately:

source ~/.electron-apps

🔧 Co-Founder Opportunity

Seeking a talented developer to partner in building Aliastron

📊 Current State

  • ✓ Interactive terminal UI with arrow key navigation
  • ✓ Automated .bashrc integration
  • ✓ Multi-select alias management
  • ✓ Electron 37 bundled
  • ✓ NPM package ready for distribution

🎯 Looking For

  • ✓ Proven Node.js & CLI development experience
  • ✓ Strong understanding of developer workflows
  • ✓ Commitment to quality open-source tools
  • ✓ Technical expertise in terminal applications

💎 Partnership Terms

  • 25% equity stake for standard collaboration
  • 40% equity stake if you can integrate Messenger/WhatsApp rendering

This is not a contractor position—this is real ownership in a developer tool with genuine impact.

Apply Now

View the project:

aliastron.arch-btw.dev