SlurmTerm

A keyboard-driven Terminal User Interface for the Slurm workload manager.

Monitor jobs, compose batch scripts or interactive sessions, explore cluster hardware, and browse job history — all without leaving your terminal.

From v0.1.4: Rewritten in Rust for instant startup (~2 ms), zero Python dependencies, and a single static binary. Same slurm-term command, same feature set.

Installation

pip install slurm-term

Or via cargo:

cargo install slurm-term

No Python runtime needed — the package ships a compiled native binary.

Quick Start

slurm-term                          # on a Slurm login node
slurm-term --demo                   # simulated cluster (no Slurm required)
slurm-term --file job.sbatch        # load a .sbatch file into the Composer
slurm-term --since now-3days        # set initial history window

Features

Monitor

Auto-refreshing job queue with color-coded states. Cancel, hold, and release jobs directly. Supports multi-select (Space) for bulk actions, searchable filter (/), and inline job inspection (Enter). Press s to resubmit a job.

Composer

Unified job submission form supporting both sbatch (batch) and srun (interactive) modes:

• Live script preview that updates as you type, with full cursor-based editing
• Core resource fields with inline validation: partition, time, nodes, tasks, CPUs, memory, GPUs
• Searchable catalog of 40+ additional Slurm parameters with built-in documentation (?)
• Save and load job templates (Ctrl+T / Ctrl+L)
• Import existing .sbatch files (Ctrl+O or --file CLI flag)
• Direct preview editing with bi-directional sync to form fields

Hardware

Cluster overview with two sub-tabs:

• Partitions: availability, time limits, node counts, CPUs, memory, GRES
• Nodes: per-node state, CPU count, memory, free memory, GRES, load

History

Completed job accounting from sacct with configurable time window (1–30 days). Displays elapsed time, CPU usage, peak memory, and exit codes.

Key Bindings

Configuration

Configuration is read from ~/.config/slurmterm/config.toml:

[poll]
monitor = 3.0
hardware = 30.0
history = 60.0

[general]
history_window = "now-7days"

License

MIT