# Zashiki Warashi > macOS-first desktop control plane for localhost. Catalog local projects (especially AI-generated repos), one-button start/stop, Compose/DB peek, scheduled jobs on launchd, deep-links into Cursor, Finder, and Compass. Observe existing repos — no required per-repo YAML. Home: https://zashiki.anireco.app/ Download: https://github.com/khushal-sahni/zashiki-warashi/releases/latest GitHub: https://github.com/khushal-sahni/zashiki-warashi ## Rooms - [vs cron and launchd](https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/cron/): cron and raw launchd plists can schedule scripts on macOS. Zashiki Warashi writes calendar LaunchAgents for you and adds network wait, keep-awake, timeouts, logs, and run history. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/cron/index.md - [vs Docker Desktop](https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/docker-desktop/): Docker Desktop is a container runtime and GUI. Zashiki Warashi is a macOS project catalog with start/stop and Compose DB peek. Not a Docker Desktop alternative — complementary glue. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/docker-desktop/index.md - [vs lpm](https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/lpm/): lpm is a macOS local project manager with services YAML and agent terminals. Zashiki Warashi observes existing repos without required per-project config — catalog, start/stop, Compose DB peek. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/lpm/index.md - [vs OrbStack](https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/orbstack/): OrbStack replaces Docker Desktop as a fast macOS container runtime. Zashiki Warashi catalogs local projects and peeks Compose — it runs on top of OrbStack, not instead of it. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/orbstack/index.md - [vs Portainer](https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/portainer/): Portainer is a Docker/container management UI (often remote). Zashiki Warashi is a macOS-local project catalog with process start/stop and Compose DB peek — not a Portainer replacement. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/compare/portainer/index.md - [Compose and database peek](https://zashiki.anireco.app/compose-databases/): Peek Docker Compose DB services from a macOS project catalog: host, port, user, database, copy URI, open MongoDB Compass — without becoming a Docker GUI. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/compose-databases/index.md - [Download for macOS](https://zashiki.anireco.app/download/): Download Zashiki Warashi from GitHub Releases. Unsigned builds: Gatekeeper right-click Open or xattr quarantine. Needs Docker Desktop or OrbStack for Compose. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/download/index.md - [For the AI-generated project pile](https://zashiki.anireco.app/for-ai-projects/): macOS app that catalogs Cursor/vibe-coded repos, starts and stops them via your login shell, and peeks Compose DBs — without taxing every folder with YAML. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/for-ai-projects/index.md - [A control plane for localhost](https://zashiki.anireco.app/localhost-control-plane/): Zashiki Warashi is a macOS control plane for local projects: catalog, start/stop, Compose/DB peek, and deep-links — not a Docker GUI, not Raycast, not a folder bookmark. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/localhost-control-plane/index.md - [Local MongoDB → Compass](https://zashiki.anireco.app/mongodb-compass/): How Zashiki Warashi peeks a Compose Mongo service on macOS and opens MongoDB Compass with a derived connection URI — without storing passwords in the app database. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/mongodb-compass/index.md - [座敷童子 — the name](https://zashiki.anireco.app/name/): Zashiki Warashi means a house spirit that looks after the place (座敷童子). This macOS app is a localhost control plane — not the Live2D AI companion also called Warashi. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/name/index.md - [Port already in use](https://zashiki.anireco.app/port-already-in-use/): EADDRINUSE and Docker ‘port is already allocated’ on macOS — how Zashiki Warashi detects catalog, Docker, or native occupants and lets you stop or remap. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/port-already-in-use/index.md - [Scheduled jobs on your Mac](https://zashiki.anireco.app/scheduled-jobs/): Run scripts on a schedule on macOS: Zashiki Warashi writes per-job launchd agents, waits for the network, keeps the Mac awake for the run, and keeps logs and run history — even with the app closed. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/scheduled-jobs/index.md - [One-button start and stop](https://zashiki.anireco.app/start-stop/): How Zashiki Warashi starts and stops local projects via your login shell, process groups, and PID rehydration — so fnm/nvm PATH works from a GUI app. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/start-stop/index.md - [Run jobs while the Mac sleeps](https://zashiki.anireco.app/wake-mac/): How Zashiki Warashi runs scheduled jobs on a sleeping Mac: catch-up runs on wake by default, or an optional helper that arms a pmset wake about 90 seconds early. Closed-lid wakes need AC power. - Markdown: https://zashiki.anireco.app/wake-mac/index.md ## Notes - Not a Docker GUI, Portainer, OrbStack, or Docker Desktop replacement — glue for tools you already have. - Not the Live2D AI companion also nicknamed Warashi; see /name/ for folklore + disambiguation. - Builds are unsigned; Gatekeeper may need right-click Open or xattr quarantine clear.