🌐 tuiss

TUI for managing Windows IIS via appcmd.exe, built in Rust with ratatui + tokio.

Wraps appcmd.exe so you get list/start/stop/recycle for Sites and Application Pools without memorizing appcmd flags.

Status

MVP. Sites + Application Pools only. Applications, virtual dirs, config editing not yet done.

Build & run

cargo build
cargo run                # real appcmd.exe backend, Windows only
cargo run -- --mock      # fake in-memory backend, any OS
cargo check
cargo test
cargo clippy
cargo fmt

--appcmd-path <path> overrides appcmd.exe location (default C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe).

On non-Windows, backend always falls back to mock regardless of flags (no appcmd.exe to shell out to).

Keybindings

Key	Action
↑/k, ↓/j	move selection
Tab, 1/2	switch panel (Sites / App Pools)
s	start selected
x	stop selected
r	recycle selected (App Pools only)
R, F5	refresh
q, Esc	quit

Architecture

• IisBackend trait, two impls: MockBackend (any OS, in-memory fake data) and AppcmdBackend (Windows only, shells out to appcmd.exe, parses /xml output).
• Async via tokio: commands run in spawned tasks, results flow back to UI through an Action mpsc channel — UI thread never blocks.
• appcmd.exe XML attribute names in src/backend/appcmd.rs unverified against real IIS install — flag issues if output parsing breaks.