Hao

Application management made easy with nodejs. Install application in ~/apps and link it in ~/bin to make accessible from shell.

No more need to install application with -g flag. Just install it at home.

Install

Install from npmjs.com

npm install hao -g

Examples

Install npm hosted application:

hao install npm sample-app

Install github hosted application:

hao install github author/repo

Install local application:

hao install local ~/projects/hello-world

Appfile

Application file name is .app it provide information about application, it's dependencies and event callbacks.

Now appfile contains several directives:

• name
• description
• version
• bin
• beforeInstall
• afterInstall
• beforeUninstall
• afterUninstall

Example

# Application metadata
name: app
version: 0.1.0
description: Example application

# Application binary
bin: app.js

# Before installation event handler
beforeInstall:
    - npm install .
    - mkdir $HOME/data/app

# After uninstallation event handler
afterUninstall:
    - rm -rf $HOME/data/app