Windows application launcher for SRE tools, local Python apps, public GitHub projects, executables, and website shortcuts.
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SRE Application Cockpit 🚀
A Windows-Phone / Metro-style application launcher that acts as a single control center for:
- Native executables (.exe)
- Windows shortcuts (.lnk)
- Python applications (folders with main.py)
- Public GitHub Python repositories (auto-download & update)
- Website shortcuts (open in browser)
Designed for non-technical users: No manual virtualenvs, no pip commands, no setup scripts.
- Metro / Windows-Phone inspired tile UI
- Favorites, Hidden apps, and tile resizing (Small / Wide)
- Shared Python runtime (one environment for all apps)
- Import Python apps directly from GitHub
- URL tiles for internal tools & websites
- Automatic dependency detection & installation
- Custom icons and renamed tiles
- Scrolling banner for announcements or notes
- RUN THE COCKPIT
python main.py
Or launch the packaged executable if provided.
- ADD APPLICATIONS
Drop any of the following into the ./applications folder:
- .exe
- .lnk (Windows shortcut)
- A Python app folder containing main.py
They appear instantly as tiles.
- Open ./applications/git-repos
- Add one repository URL per line: https://github.com/eabdiel/ProgreTomato
- Click "Load from Git"
Requirements:
- Public repo
- main.py at repository root
If requirements.txt exists, it is merged automatically.
Add any URL to git-repos: https://github.com https://internal-dashboard.company.com
These appear as browser-launch tiles.
- SETUP PYTHON RUNTIME (ONE-TIME)
Click "Setup Runtime"
Creates a shared Python environment bundled with the cockpit. No system Python required for end users.
- INSTALL / UPDATE LIBRARIES
Click "Update Libraries"
This will:
- Scan all .py files under ./applications
- Detect imported modules
- Update cockpit-requirements.txt
- Install missing packages into the shared runtime
This resolves errors such as: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pynput'
App24_SRE_Application_Cockpit/ | |-- main.py |-- banner.txt |-- cockpit-requirements.txt |-- runtime_env/ | |-- applications/ | |-- git-repos | |-- MyExeApp.exe | |-- MyShortcut.lnk | |-- MyPythonApp/ | |-- main.py | |-- cockpit/ |-- .cockpit/ |-- logs/
- Favorite / Unfavorite
- Hide / Unhide
- Small / Wide tile
- Rename tile
- Change icon
- Open file location
- Setup Runtime shortcut
Edit banner.txt to control the scrolling banner:
Welcome to the SRE Application Cockpit Drop apps into /applications or load them from GitHub
- One shared Python runtime
- No per-app virtual environments
- No user-run pip commands
Dependencies come from:
- Detected imports
- Repo requirements.txt (if present)
- Manual cockpit-requirements.txt entries
Logs location: .cockpit/logs/
Useful files:
- shared_env_setup.log
- shared_env_deps.log
Edwin A. Rodriguez ProgreTech LLC / SRE / Automation / Risk Engineering
MIT License
Use it. Modify it. Ship it. Improve it.
“One launcher. One runtime. Zero friction.”
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