PathDeck is an ultra-lightweight (<1.4MB), open-source macOS studio built in pure SwiftUI. It replaces chaotic terminal editing with a beautiful drag-and-drop dashboard to manage your $PATH, toggle aliases, and secure environment keys behind Touch ID.
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Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I’m a new developer, and like many people here, I reached a breaking point with my terminal configuration. Every time I needed to add a development path, toggle an old alias, or update an environment variable, I had to open up terminal editors, stare at a wall of text, and pray I didn't break my entire shell setup.
So, I decided to fix it by building a native control center on the outside.
PathDeck (V1.0.0) is a lightning-fast macOS utility that turns your chaotic shell profiles into a visual, interactive workspace. I built it with pure SwiftUI and zero third-party dependencies, keeping the distribution payload under an incredibly lean 1.4 Megabytes.
🚀 Core Features:
• The Path Stack: A visual, drag-and-drop list to natively reorder your system directory paths. It also runs real-time disk checks to flag dead or broken folders in red.
• Alias Studio: A searchable registry to instantly add, edit, or toggle custom terminal shortcuts on and off without deleting them from your code.
• Touch ID Vault: Protect your sensitive environment data (like production API keys) by masking them behind native biometric encryption using the Secure Enclave.
• Time Machine Rollbacks: An automated backup manager that duplicates your profile with timestamps before the app touches a single byte of data on disk.
⚠️ The "New Dev" Safety Disclaimer:
Because I’m a new developer, I am working around the clock to catch every edge case. On my machine, the app runs perfectly and has caused exactly zero digital explosions. Plus, the automated backups mean you have a safety net. But because we are dealing with your holy grail system files (~/.zshrc), please manually back up your terminal config before your first run just in case my code decides to launch your terminal profile into orbit!
🛡️ The Gatekeeper Situation:
PathDeck is completely free and community-driven, meaning it is not uploaded to Homebrew yet. Because of this, when you download the DMG, macOS Gatekeeper is going to have an absolute psychological breakdown. It will throw up a massive alert claiming it’s from an "Unidentified Developer." Please ignore the system panic attack! The project is 100% open-source. You don't have to trust a random binary; you can audit every single line of my Swift package contents right on GitHub to ensure you are completely relaxed.
To bypass the warning, just right-click the app icon and choose "Open" the first time, or use the classic terminal command: xattr -cr /Applications/PathDeck.app
PathDeck is live, fully open-source, and ready for you to experiment with. I would love to hear your feedback, feature requests, or bug reports in the comments below!
Cheers,
The PathDeck Maker
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How does this handle conflicts when two entries in $PATH point to the same binary, and does it let you reorder them with drag and drop or only toggle visibility?
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Yes, you can easily reorder them using drag-and-drop. Path conflicts are resolved from top to bottom.
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Pure SwiftUI is a nice touch, curious how it handles conflicts when two different apps want to override the same $PATH entry at the same time?
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How does it handle conflicts when two different tools try to claim the same PATH entry, and is there any sync support so my PATH setup carries over between machines?
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finally a clean way to wrangle my $PATH without diving into fish config files. the touch id gate for env keys is a really thoughtful touch
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the pure swiftui build at under 1.4mb is genuinely impressive, especially for something that replaces terminal editing. love that touch id integration for env keys too.
How does this handle conflicts when two entries in $PATH point to the same binary, and does it let you reorder them with drag and drop or only toggle visibility?
Yes, you can easily reorder them using drag-and-drop. Path conflicts are resolved from top to bottom.
Pure SwiftUI is a nice touch, curious how it handles conflicts when two different apps want to override the same $PATH entry at the same time?
How does it handle conflicts when two different tools try to claim the same PATH entry, and is there any sync support so my PATH setup carries over between machines?
finally a clean way to wrangle my $PATH without diving into fish config files. the touch id gate for env keys is a really thoughtful touch
the pure swiftui build at under 1.4mb is genuinely impressive, especially for something that replaces terminal editing. love that touch id integration for env keys too.