Liftoff // lo

Launch your dev environments.
From anywhere on your terminal.

A fast, cross-platform CLI that removes friction from your development workflow. Select or type a project name and you're off — no folder hopping, no manual installs.

Liftoff demo — launching a project from the terminal TUI

Features

The essentials for opening projects without friction.

Launch by name lo finds and opens the project.

Detects the stack The right runtime, framework, and package manager.

Installs first Reads the lockfile and prepares dependencies.

Launchpads Start multiple projects together.

Watch mode CPU, memory, and process status in the terminal.

Cross-platform Linux, macOS, Windows.

Multiplexers support Launch your projects on tmux or herdr.

Terminal Multiplexers

Launch projects in tabs or panes with tmux and Herd support.

tmux

Herd

Languages & Frameworks

Supported stacks, detected automatically.

JavaScript / TypeScript

Node.js

Next.js

Nuxt

SvelteKit

Astro

NestJS

Remix

Vite

React

Vue

Angular

Express

Python

Python

FastAPI

Flask

Django

Java

Java

Spring Boot

Go

Go

Rust

Rust

Game Engines

Godot

Installation

Get Liftoff running in seconds. Pick your method.

Linux / macOS

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/
  notliad/liftoff/main/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/
  notliad/liftoff/main/install.ps1 | iex

Go Install

go install github.com/notliad/liftoff/cmd/lo@latest

Arch Linux (AUR)

yay -S liftoff

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/notliad/liftoff.git
cd liftoff
go build ./cmd/lo

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