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Menu bar tray

Per-project submenus, status glyphs, and hide vs quit behavior.


There's a Sail Manager icon in your macOS menu bar. The title shows a running count (e.g. " 2 running") so you can see at a glance whether anything is up.

Each project gets its own submenu with these items:

  • Open http://... visible only when the project is running. Uses the local URL if enabled, otherwise localhost:<port>.
  • Start when stopped or errored.
  • Stop when running.
  • Show details always visible. Brings the main window forward and navigates to that project.

At the bottom of the tray there's Show Sail Manager (brings the window back) and Quit Sail Manager (full exit).

Status glyphs

Status is reflected with a glyph prefix on the project name:

  • Running.
  • Transitioning (starting or stopping).
  • Stopped.
  • ! Errored.

Project order is sorted by status group first, then alphabetical. Running projects float to the top.

Closing vs quitting

Closing the main window doesn't quit. The tray stays alive, your auto-services keep running, and the menu-bar icon stays put. Click "Show Sail Manager" in the tray (or click the dock icon) to bring the window back.

To actually stop everything, click Quit Sail Manager in the tray menu. That triggers a clean shutdown of log streams and any background services the app spawned.