kexsh server

The kexsh server is a background daemon that manages all terminal instances. It starts automatically when you create a terminal, but you can also manage it directly.

Synopsis

kexsh server <command>

Commands

start

Start the server as a background daemon.

kexsh server start

Server started (pid: 12345)

The server forks into the background — you can close the terminal that started it. If the server is already running, this is a no-op.

stop

Stop the server. All running terminals are terminated.

kexsh server stop

Server stopped

status

Check whether the server is running.

kexsh server status

Server running (pid: 12345)
  Terminals: 3
  Uptime: 2 hours

How it works

The server communicates with the CLI client over a Unix domain socket. When you run commands like kexsh terminal create, the CLI sends a request to the server over IPC, and the server manages the actual terminal process.

The PID file is stored at $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/kexsh/server.pid (or /tmp/kexsh-<uid>/server.pid as fallback).