dropshell release 2025.0518.1356

dropshell release 2025.0518.1355
Trying new approach
2025-05-18 13:56:52 +12:00 · 2025-05-18 13:55:39 +12:00 · 2025-05-18 13:07:09 +12:00 · 2025-05-18 13:00:35 +12:00 · 2025-05-18 12:40:26 +12:00
18 changed files with 457 additions and 197 deletions
--- a/source/agent/_allservicesstatus.sh
+++ b/source/agent/_allservicesstatus.sh
@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ function run_command() {
        # update the main variables.
        CONFIG_PATH="${service_path}/config"
        SERVICE="${SERVICE_NAME}"
+        DOCKER_CLI_HINTS=false

        set +a

@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ function command_exists() {
 }


+if [ ! -d "${SERVICES_PATH}" ]; then
+    echo "Services path does not exist: ${SERVICES_PATH}"
+    exit 0
+fi

 # Get all service names
 SERVICE_NAMES=$(ls "${SERVICES_PATH}")
--- a/source/agent/common.sh
+++ b/source/agent/common.sh
@ -28,20 +28,10 @@

 # Prints an error message in red and exits with status code 1.
 _die() {
-    echo -e "\033[91mError: $1\033[0m"
+    echo -e "Error: $1"
    exit 1
 }

-# Switches terminal output color to grey.
-_grey_start() {
-    echo -e -n "\033[90m"
-}
-
-# Resets terminal output color from grey.
-_grey_end() {
-    echo -e -n "\033[0m"
-}
-
 # Creates/starts a container, verifying it runs.
 _create_and_start_container() {
    if [ -z "$1" ] || [ -z "$2" ]; then
@ -55,9 +45,7 @@ _create_and_start_container() {
        _is_container_running $container_name && return 0
        _start_container $container_name
    else
-        _grey_start
        $run_cmd
-        _grey_end
    fi

    if ! _is_container_running $container_name; then
--- a/source/src/autogen/_agent.cpp
+++ b/source/src/autogen/_agent.cpp
@ -281,36 +281,39 @@ bool recreate_tree(std::string destination_folder) {
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        // Decode Base64 data
        size_t decoded_size = (strlen(filedata_base64) * 3) / 4;
@ -318,7 +321,7 @@ bool recreate_tree(std::string destination_folder) {
        size_t actual_size;
        base64_decode(filedata_base64, strlen(filedata_base64), decoded_data, &actual_size);

-        bool file_written = _recreate_file_(outpath, 4383289270743338040ULL, std::filesystem::perms(493), decoded_data, actual_size);
+        bool file_written = _recreate_file_(outpath, 4669115953916396805ULL, std::filesystem::perms(493), decoded_data, actual_size);
        delete[] decoded_data;
        any_written = any_written || file_written;
    }
@ -360,73 +363,69 @@ bool recreate_tree(std::string destination_folder) {
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+            "bWFuZHMuc2gi";

        // Decode Base64 data
        size_t decoded_size = (strlen(filedata_base64) * 3) / 4;
@ -434,7 +433,7 @@ bool recreate_tree(std::string destination_folder) {
        size_t actual_size;
        base64_decode(filedata_base64, strlen(filedata_base64), decoded_data, &actual_size);

-        bool file_written = _recreate_file_(outpath, 15958097326741776083ULL, std::filesystem::perms(493), decoded_data, actual_size);
+        bool file_written = _recreate_file_(outpath, 6967493376886731479ULL, std::filesystem::perms(493), decoded_data, actual_size);
        delete[] decoded_data;
        any_written = any_written || file_written;
    }
--- a/source/src/commands/edit.cpp
+++ b/source/src/commands/edit.cpp
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ bool edit_file(const std::string &file_path, bool has_bb64)
    std::cout << "Editing file: " << file_path << std::endl;

    if (has_bb64) {
-        return execute_local_command(editor_cmd, nullptr, cMode::Interactive);
+        return execute_local_command("", editor_cmd, {}, nullptr, cMode::Interactive);
    }
    else {
        // might not have bb64 at this early stage. Direct edit.
--- a/source/src/commands/help.cpp
+++ b/source/src/commands/help.cpp
@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ int help_handler(const CommandContext& ctx) {
        std::cout << std::endl;
        show_command("start");
        show_command("stop");
+        std::cout << std::endl;
+        show_command("ssh");
+        std::cout << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
 }
--- a/source/src/commands/install.cpp
+++ b/source/src/commands/install.cpp
@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "utils/hash.hpp"
 #include "autogen/_agent.hpp"
 #include "services.hpp"
+#include "utils/output.hpp"

 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <cstring>
@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ namespace dropshell
        }

        // Copy template files
-        std::cout << "Copying: [LOCAL] " << tinfo.local_template_path() << std::endl
+        debug << "Copying: [LOCAL] " << tinfo.local_template_path() << std::endl
                  << std::string(8, ' ') << "[REMOTE] " << remotepath::service_template(server, service) << "/" << std::endl;
        if (!shared_commands::rsync_tree_to_remote(tinfo.local_template_path().string(), remotepath::service_template(server, service),
                                  server_env, silent))
@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ namespace dropshell
        }

        // Copy service files
-        std::cout << "Copying: [LOCAL] " << localpath::service(server, service) << std::endl
+        debug << "Copying: [LOCAL] " << localpath::service(server, service) << std::endl
                  << std::string(8, ' ') << "[REMOTE] " << remotepath::service_config(server, service) << std::endl;
        if (!shared_commands::rsync_tree_to_remote(localpath::service(server, service), remotepath::service_config(server, service),
                                  server_env, silent))
@ -121,12 +122,12 @@ namespace dropshell

        // Run install script
        {
-            std::cout << "Running " << service_info.template_name << " install script on " << server << "..." << std::endl;
+            info << "Running " << service_info.template_name << " install script on " << server << "..." << std::endl;
            server_env.run_remote_template_command(service, "install", {}, silent, {});
        }

        // print health tick
-        std::cout << "Health: " << shared_commands::healthtick(server, service) << std::endl;
+        info << "Health: " << shared_commands::healthtick(server, service) << std::endl;
        return true;
    }

@ -281,30 +282,30 @@ namespace dropshell
    int install_server(const std::string &server)
    {
        // install the dropshell agent on the given server.
-        std::cout << "Installing dropshell agent on " << server << std::endl;
+        maketitle("Installing dropshell agent on " + server, sColour::INFO);

        std::string agent_path = remotepath::agent(server);
        if (agent_path.empty())
        {
-            std::cerr << "Failed to get agent path for " << server << std::endl;
+            error << "Failed to get agent path for " << server << std::endl;
            return 1;
        }

        server_env_manager server_env(server);
        if (!server_env.is_valid())
        {
-            std::cerr << "Invalid server environment for " << server << std::endl;
+            error << "Invalid server environment for " << server << std::endl;
            return 1;
        }

        // now create the agent.
        // copy across from the local agent files.
-        std::cout << "Copying local agent files to remote server... " << std::flush;
+        info << "Copying local agent files to remote server... " << std::flush;
        shared_commands::rsync_tree_to_remote(localpath::files_for_remote_agent(), agent_path, server_env, false);
-        std::cout << "done." << std::endl;
+        info << "done." << std::endl;

        // add in bb64. We can't use execute_remote_command() here, as that relies on bb64 which we're installing!
-        std::cout << "Installing bb64 on " << server << "..." << std::endl << std::flush;
+        info << "Installing bb64 on " << server << "..." << std::endl << std::flush;

        std::string remote_cmd =
            "ssh -p " + server_env.get_SSH_INFO().port + " " + server_env.get_SSH_INFO().user + "@" + server_env.get_SSH_INFO().host +
@ -312,24 +313,20 @@ namespace dropshell
            quote(agent_path) + " " + quote("$(id -u " + server_env.get_SSH_USER() + "):$(id -g " + server_env.get_SSH_USER() + ")") + "'";

        //std::cout << "Executing: " << remote_cmd << std::endl;
-        if (!execute_local_command(remote_cmd, nullptr, cMode::Silent))
-            std::cerr << "Failed to download bb64 to " << agent_path << " on remote server." << std::endl;
+        if (!execute_local_command("", remote_cmd, {}, nullptr, cMode::Silent))
+            error << "Failed to download bb64 to " << agent_path << " on remote server." << std::endl;
        else
-            std::cout << "Downloaded bb64 to " << agent_path << " on remote server." << std::endl;
-
-        // just test all is ok
+            debug << "Downloaded bb64 to " << agent_path << " on remote server." << std::endl;

        // run the self-test.
-        std::string output;
-        bool okay = execute_ssh_command(server_env.get_SSH_INFO(), sCommand(agent_path, "./selftest.sh", {}), cMode::Defaults, &output);
+        bool okay = execute_ssh_command(server_env.get_SSH_INFO(), sCommand(agent_path, "./selftest.sh", {}), cMode::Defaults, nullptr);
        if (!okay)
        {
-            std::cerr << "ERROR: Failed to install remote agent on " << server << std::endl;
-            std::cerr << "ERROR: Output: " << output << std::endl;
+            error << "ERROR: Failed to install remote agent on " << server << std::endl;
            return 1;
        }

-        std::cout << output << std::endl;
+        info << "Installation on " << server << " complete." << std::endl;
        return 0; 
    }

@ -345,7 +342,7 @@ namespace dropshell

        if (!gConfig().is_config_set())
        {
-            std::cerr << "Error: Dropshell is not configured. Please run 'dropshell edit' to configure it." << std::endl;
+            error << "Dropshell is not configured. Please run 'dropshell edit' to configure it." << std::endl;
            return 1;
        }

--- a/source/src/commands/list.cpp
+++ b/source/src/commands/list.cpp
@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int list_handler(const CommandContext& ctx) {
        return 0;
    }

-    std::cout << "List handler called with " << ctx.args.size() << " args\n";
+    debug << "List handler called with " << ctx.args.size() << " args\n";
    return 0;
 }

@ -74,16 +74,16 @@ void list_servers() {
    auto servers = get_configured_servers();

    if (servers.empty()) {
-        std::cout << "No servers found" << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "Please run 'dropshell edit' to set up dropshell." << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "Then run 'dropshell create-server' to create a server." << std::endl;
+        error << "No servers found" << std::endl;
+        info << "Please run 'dropshell edit' to set up dropshell." << std::endl;
+        info << "Then run 'dropshell create-server' to create a server." << std::endl;
        return;
    }

    tableprint tp("All DropShell Servers");
    tp.add_row({"Name", "User", "Address", "Health", "Ports"});

-    std::cout << "Checking "<<servers.size() << " servers: " << std::flush;
+    info << "Checking "<<servers.size() << " servers: " << std::flush;
    int checked = 0;

    transwarp::parallel exec{servers.size()};
@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ void list_servers() {
        tp.add_row({server.name, server.ssh_user, server.ssh_host, serviceticks, ports_used_str});
        ++checked;
        // print out a tick character for each server checked.
-        std::cout << checked << " ✓  " << std::flush;
+        info << checked << " ✓  " << std::flush;
    });
    task->wait();
-    std::cout << std::endl << std::endl;
+    info << std::endl << std::endl;
    tp.print();
 }

@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void list_servers() {
 void show_server_details(const std::string& server_name) {
    server_env_manager env(server_name);
    if (!env.is_valid()) {
-        std::cerr << "Error: Invalid server environment file: " << server_name << std::endl;
+        error << "Error: Invalid server environment file: " << server_name << std::endl;
        return;
    }

@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ void show_server_details(const std::string& server_name) {
    std::string ssh_user = env.get_SSH_USER();
    std::string ssh_port = env.get_SSH_PORT();
    if (!ssh_address.empty()) {
-        std::cout << std::endl << "Server Status:" << std::endl;
-        std::cout << std::string(40, '-') << std::endl;
+        info << std::endl << "Server Status:" << std::endl;
+        info << std::string(40, '-') << std::endl;
        
        // Try to connect to the server
-        std::string cmd = "ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 " + ssh_user + "@" + ssh_address + " -p " + ssh_port + " 'echo connected' 2>/dev/null";
+        std::string cmd = "ssh -o ConnectTimeout=5 " + ssh_user + "@" + ssh_address + " -p " + ssh_port + " 'true' 2>/dev/null";
        int result = system(cmd.c_str());
        if (result == 0) {
-            std::cout << "Status: Online" << std::endl;
+            info << "Status: Online" << std::endl;
            
            // // Get uptime if possible
            // cmd = "ssh " + ssh_address + " 'uptime' 2>/dev/null";
@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ void show_server_details(const std::string& server_name) {
            //     std::cout << "Error: Failed to get uptime" << std::endl;
            // } 
        } else {
-            std::cout << "Status: Offline" << std::endl;
+            warning << "Status: Offline" << std::endl;
        }
    }
-    std::cout << std::endl;
+    info << std::endl;

    //---------------------
    {
--- a/source/src/commands/shared_commands.cpp
+++ b/source/src/commands/shared_commands.cpp
@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace dropshell
                                quote(local_path + "/") + " " +
                                quote(server_env.get_SSH_USER() + "@" + server_env.get_SSH_HOST() + ":" +
                                      remote_path + "/");
-        return execute_local_command(rsync_cmd, nullptr, (silent ? cMode::Silent : cMode::Defaults));
+        return execute_local_command("", rsync_cmd, {}, nullptr, (silent ? cMode::Silent : cMode::Defaults));
    }

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@ -119,7 +119,11 @@ namespace dropshell
        }

        std::string output;
-        if (!execute_ssh_command(env.get_SSH_INFO(), sCommand(remotepath::agent(server_name), "./_allservicesstatus.sh", {{"HOST_NAME", server_name}, {"SERVER", server_name}, {"AGENT_PATH", remotepath::agent(server_name)}}), cMode::CaptureOutput, &output))
+        if (!execute_ssh_command(env.get_SSH_INFO(), sCommand(remotepath::agent(server_name), 
+            "./_allservicesstatus.sh", 
+            {{"HOST_NAME", server_name}, {"SERVER", server_name}, {"AGENT_PATH", remotepath::agent(server_name)}}), 
+            cMode::CaptureOutput | cMode::Silent, 
+            &output))
            return status;

        std::stringstream ss(output);
--- a/source/src/main.cpp
+++ b/source/src/main.cpp
@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "autocomplete.hpp"
 #include "utils/hash.hpp"
 #include "command_registry.hpp"
+#include "output.hpp"

 #include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
--- a/source/src/service_runner.cpp
+++ b/source/src/service_runner.cpp
@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ bool service_runner::fullnuke()
    }  
    
    std::string rm_cmd = "rm -rf " + quote(local_service_path);
-    if (!execute_local_command(rm_cmd, nullptr, cMode::Silent)) {
+    if (!execute_local_command("", rm_cmd, {}, nullptr, cMode::Silent)) {
        std::cerr << "Failed to remove service directory" << std::endl;
        return false;
    }
@ -267,13 +267,13 @@ bool service_runner::interactive_ssh_service()
 bool service_runner::scp_file_to_remote(const std::string &local_path, const std::string &remote_path, bool silent)
 {
    std::string scp_cmd = "scp -P " + mServerEnv.get_SSH_PORT() + " " + quote(local_path) + " " + mServerEnv.get_SSH_USER() + "@" + mServerEnv.get_SSH_HOST() + ":" + quote(remote_path) + (silent ? " > /dev/null 2>&1" : "");
-    return execute_local_command(scp_cmd, nullptr, (silent ? cMode::Silent : cMode::Defaults));
+    return execute_local_command("", scp_cmd, {}, nullptr, (silent ? cMode::Silent : cMode::Defaults));
 }

 bool service_runner::scp_file_from_remote(const std::string &remote_path, const std::string &local_path, bool silent)
 {
    std::string scp_cmd = "scp -P " + mServerEnv.get_SSH_PORT() + " " + mServerEnv.get_SSH_USER() + "@" + mServerEnv.get_SSH_HOST() + ":" + quote(remote_path) + " " + quote(local_path) + (silent ? " > /dev/null 2>&1" : "");
-    return execute_local_command(scp_cmd, nullptr, (silent ? cMode::Silent : cMode::Defaults));
+    return execute_local_command("", scp_cmd, {}, nullptr, (silent ? cMode::Silent : cMode::Defaults));
 }

 bool service_runner::restore(std::string backup_file, bool silent)
--- a/source/src/services.cpp
+++ b/source/src/services.cpp
@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ bool get_all_service_env_vars(const std::string &server_name, const std::string
    all_env_vars["SERVICE"] = service_name;
    all_env_vars["AGENT_PATH"] = remotepath::agent(server_name);
    all_env_vars["HOST_NAME"] = server_info.ssh_host;
+    all_env_vars["DOCKER_CLI_HINTS"] = "false"; // turn off docker junk.

    // Lambda function to load environment variables from a file
    auto load_env_file = [&all_env_vars](const std::string& file) {
--- a/source/src/utils/assert.hpp
+++ b/source/src/utils/assert.hpp
@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef ASSERT_HPP
 #define ASSERT_HPP

+#include "output.hpp"

 #define ASSERT(condition, message) \
    if (!(condition)) { \
-        std::cerr << "Assertion failed: " << message << std::endl; \
+        dropshell::error << "Assertion failed: " << message << std::endl; \
        std::exit(1); \
    }

--- a/source/src/utils/execute.cpp
+++ b/source/src/utils/execute.cpp
@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "utils/b64ed.hpp"
 #include "config.hpp"
 #include "utils/directories.hpp"
+#include "utils/output.hpp"

 namespace dropshell
 {
@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ namespace dropshell
        return (ret != -1 && WIFEXITED(ret) && (WEXITSTATUS(ret) == 0)); // ret is -1 if the command failed to execute.
    }

+
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // execute_local_command_interactive
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    bool execute_local_command_interactive(const sCommand &command)
    {
        if (command.get_command_to_run().empty())
@ -51,30 +56,59 @@ namespace dropshell
        }
    }

-    bool execute_local_command_and_capture_output(const sCommand &command, std::string *output)
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // execute_local_command
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    class fancypinter
    {
-        ASSERT(output != nullptr, "Output string must be provided");
-        if (command.get_command_to_run().empty())
-            return false;
-        std::string full_cmd = command.construct_cmd(localpath::agent()) + " 2>&1";
-        FILE *pipe = popen(full_cmd.c_str(), "r");
-        if (!pipe)
+        public:
+        fancypinter(sColour startColour) : startColour_(startColour), currentColour_(startColour) {}
+
+        void print_chunk(std::string chunk)
        {
-            return false;
+            if (chunk.empty())
+                return;
+
+            if (newline_)
+            {
+                // sniff the mode... if the string starts with warning or warning: then set mode to WARNING. etc.
+                if (chunk.find("warning") == 0)
+                    currentColour_ = sColour::WARNING;
+                else if (chunk.find("error") == 0)
+                    currentColour_ = sColour::ERROR;
+                else if (chunk.find("debug") == 0)
+                    currentColour_ = sColour::DEBUG;
+                else if (chunk.find("info") == 0)
+                    currentColour_ = sColour::INFO;
+                else
+                    currentColour_ = startColour_;    
            }
-        char buffer[128];
-        while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), pipe) != nullptr)
-        {
-            (*output) += buffer;
-        }
-        int ret = pclose(pipe);
-        return EXITSTATUSCHECK(ret);
+            colourstream(currentColour_) << chunk;
+            newline_ = (chunk[chunk.size()-1] == '\n');
        }

-    bool execute_local_command(std::string command, std::string *output, cMode mode)
-    {
-        return execute_local_command("", command, {}, output, mode);
+        void print(const std::string& buffer) {
+            size_t start = 0;
+            while (start < buffer.size()) {
+                size_t newline_pos = buffer.find('\n', start);
+                if (newline_pos == std::string::npos) {
+                    if (start < buffer.size()) {
+                        print_chunk(buffer.substr(start));
                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+                print_chunk(buffer.substr(start, newline_pos - start + 1)); // include the newline
+                start = newline_pos + 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private:
+        bool newline_ = true;
+        sColour startColour_;
+        sColour currentColour_;
+    };
+

    bool execute_local_command(std::string directory_to_run_in, std::string command_to_run, const std::map<std::string, std::string> &env_vars, std::string *output, cMode mode)
    {
@ -88,29 +122,36 @@ namespace dropshell
            return execute_local_command_interactive(command);
        }

-        if (hasFlag(mode, cMode::CaptureOutput))
-        {
-            ASSERT(output != nullptr, "Capture output mode requires an output string to be provided");
-            ASSERT(!hasFlag(mode, cMode::Silent), "Silent mode is not allowed with capture output mode");
-
-            return execute_local_command_and_capture_output(command, output);
-        }

        if (command.get_command_to_run().empty())
            return false;
+
        bool silent = hasFlag(mode, cMode::Silent);
-        std::string full_cmd = command.construct_cmd(localpath::agent()) + " 2>&1" + (silent ? " > /dev/null" : "");
-        int ret = system(full_cmd.c_str());

-        bool ok = EXITSTATUSCHECK(ret);
-        if (!ok && !silent)
+        std::string full_cmd = command.construct_cmd(localpath::agent()) + (hasFlag(mode, cMode::CaptureOutput) ? " 2>&1" : ""); // capture both stdout and stderr
+
+        FILE *pipe = popen(full_cmd.c_str(), "r");
+        if (!pipe)
        {
-            std::cerr << "Error: Failed to execute command: " << std::endl;
-            std::cerr << full_cmd << std::endl;
+            return false;
        }
-        return ok;
+        char buffer[128];
+        fancypinter fancyprint(sColour::DEBUG);
+        while (fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), pipe) != nullptr)
+        {
+            if (output != nullptr)
+               (*output) += buffer;
+
+            if (!silent)
+                fancyprint.print(buffer);
+        }
+        int ret = pclose(pipe);
+        return EXITSTATUSCHECK(ret);
    }

+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // execute_ssh_command
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    bool execute_ssh_command(const sSSHInfo &ssh_info, const sCommand &remote_command, cMode mode, std::string *output)
    {
        if (remote_command.get_command_to_run().empty())
@ -144,6 +185,9 @@ namespace dropshell
        return rval;
    }

+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // makesafecmd
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    std::string sCommand::makesafecmd(std::string agent_path, const std::string &command) const
    {
        if (command.empty())
@ -153,6 +197,9 @@ namespace dropshell
        return commandstr;
    }

+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // construct_cmd
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    std::string sCommand::construct_cmd(std::string agent_path) const
    {
        if (mCmd.empty())
--- a/source/src/utils/execute.hpp
+++ b/source/src/utils/execute.hpp
@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ typedef struct sSSHInfo {
    std::string server_ID; // dropshell name for server.
 } sSSHInfo;

-bool execute_local_command(std::string command, std::string * output = nullptr, cMode mode = cMode::Defaults);
 bool execute_local_command(std::string directory_to_run_in, std::string command_to_run, const std::map<std::string, std::string> & env_vars, std::string * output = nullptr, cMode mode = cMode::Defaults);
 bool execute_ssh_command(const sSSHInfo & ssh_info, const sCommand & remote_command, cMode mode = cMode::Defaults, std::string * output = nullptr);

--- a/source/src/utils/output.cpp
+++ b/source/src/utils/output.cpp
@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#include "output.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <mutex>
+
+namespace dropshell
+{
+    // Mutex to synchronize output
+    std::mutex output_mutex;
+
+    // ANSI colour codes
+    constexpr const char *GREY = "\033[90m";
+    constexpr const char *RESET = "\033[0m";
+    constexpr const char *DEBUG_COLOUR = "\033[36m";   // Cyan
+    constexpr const char *INFO_COLOUR = "\033[32m";    // Green
+    constexpr const char *WARNING_COLOUR = "\033[33m"; // Yellow
+    constexpr const char *ERROR_COLOUR = "\033[31m";   // Red
+
+    // Tag and colour for each stream
+    struct StreamInfo
+    {
+        const char *tag;
+        const char *colour;
+    };
+
+    const StreamInfo stream_infos[] = {
+        {"[DBG]", DEBUG_COLOUR},
+        {"[INF]", INFO_COLOUR},
+        {"[WRN]", WARNING_COLOUR},
+        {"[ERR]", ERROR_COLOUR}};
+
+    // Custom streambuf to prefix and colour each line
+    class PrefixStreambuf : public std::streambuf
+    {
+    public:
+        PrefixStreambuf(std::ostream &dest, const char *tag, const char *colour)
+            : dest_(dest), tag_(tag), colour_(colour), at_line_start_(true) {}
+
+    protected:
+        int overflow(int c) override
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(output_mutex);
+            if (c == EOF)
+                return !EOF;
+            if (at_line_start_ && c != '\n')
+            {
+                dest_ << GREY << tag_ << RESET << ' ' << colour_;
+                at_line_start_ = false;
+            }
+            dest_.put(static_cast<char>(c));
+            if (c == '\n')
+            {
+                dest_ << RESET;
+                at_line_start_ = true;
+            }
+            return c;
+        }
+
+    private:
+        std::ostream &dest_;
+        const char *tag_;
+        const char *colour_;
+        bool at_line_start_;
+    };
+
+    PrefixStreambuf debug_buf(std::clog, stream_infos[0].tag, stream_infos[0].colour);
+    PrefixStreambuf info_buf(std::clog, stream_infos[1].tag, stream_infos[1].colour);
+    PrefixStreambuf warning_buf(std::clog, stream_infos[2].tag, stream_infos[2].colour);
+    PrefixStreambuf error_buf(std::cerr, stream_infos[3].tag, stream_infos[3].colour);
+
+    std::ostream debug_stream(&debug_buf);
+    std::ostream info_stream(&info_buf);
+    std::ostream warning_stream(&warning_buf);
+    std::ostream error_stream(&error_buf);
+
+    std::ostream &debug = debug_stream;
+    std::ostream &info = info_stream;
+    std::ostream &warning = warning_stream;
+    std::ostream &error = error_stream;
+
+    std::ostream &colourstream(sColour colour)
+    {
+        switch (colour)
+        {
+        case sColour::DEBUG:
+            return debug_stream;
+        case sColour::INFO:
+            return info_stream;
+        case sColour::WARNING:
+            return warning_stream;
+        case sColour::ERROR:
+            return error_stream;
+        default:
+            return info_stream;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void SetColour(sColour colour, std::ostream &os)
+    {
+        switch (colour)
+        {
+        case sColour::RESET:
+            os << RESET;
+            break;
+        case sColour::DEBUG:
+            os << DEBUG_COLOUR;
+            break;
+        case sColour::INFO:
+            os << INFO_COLOUR;
+            break;
+        case sColour::WARNING:
+            os << WARNING_COLOUR;
+            break;
+        case sColour::ERROR:
+            os << ERROR_COLOUR;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    SwitchColour::SwitchColour(sColour colour, std::ostream &os) : os_(os), colour_(colour)
+    {
+        SetColour(colour_, os_);
+    }
+
+    SwitchColour::~SwitchColour()
+    {
+        SetColour(sColour::RESET, os_);
+    }
+
+} // namespace dropshell
--- a/source/src/utils/output.hpp
+++ b/source/src/utils/output.hpp
@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#ifndef OUTPUT_HPP
+#define OUTPUT_HPP
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <ostream>
+
+namespace dropshell {
+
+/*
+
+output.hpp and output.cpp - simple output helpers.
+
+Defines ostreams:
+
+debug, info, warning, error.
+
+These ostreams can be used with C++23 print and println, e.g.
+std::println(debug, "funny variable: {}={}","my_var",my_var);
+
+Also defines a few helper functions:
+
+PrintDebug(const std::string& msg);     // equivalent to std::println(debug, msg);
+PrintInfo(const std::string& msg);      // equivalent to std::println(info, msg);
+PrintWarning(const std::string& msg);   // equivalent to std::println(warning, msg);
+PrintError(const std::string& msg);     // equivalent to std::println(error, msg);
+
+Output for these streams for each line is formatted as:
+[DBG] <message>
+[INF] <message>
+[WRN] <message>
+[ERR] <message>
+
+The output is coloured, and the tag is printed in grey.
+
+In addition, when not using any of the above, helper routines for coloring the output of cout and cerr are provided.
+
+SetColour(std::ostream& os, sColour colour);
+
+Where sColour is an enum:
+enum class sColour {
+    RESET,
+    DEBUG,
+    INFO,
+    WARNING,
+    ERROR
+};
+
+
+*/
+
+// Output streams for different log levels
+extern std::ostream& debug;
+extern std::ostream& info;
+extern std::ostream& warning;
+extern std::ostream& error;
+
+// Enum for colours
+enum class sColour {
+    RESET,
+    DEBUG,
+    INFO,
+    WARNING,
+    ERROR
+};
+std::ostream& colourstream(sColour colour);
+
+// Set colour for a stream
+void SetColour(sColour colour, std::ostream& os = std::cerr);
+
+class SwitchColour
+{
+    public:
+    SwitchColour(sColour colour, std::ostream& os = std::cerr);
+    ~SwitchColour();
+    private:
+    std::ostream& os_;
+    sColour colour_;
+};
+
+} // namespace dropshell
+
+#endif // OUTPUT_HPP
--- a/source/src/utils/utils.cpp
+++ b/source/src/utils/utils.cpp
@ -10,10 +10,10 @@

 namespace dropshell {

-void maketitle(const std::string& title) {
-    std::cout << std::string(title.length() + 4, '-') << std::endl;
-    std::cout << "| " << title << " |" << std::endl;
-    std::cout << std::string(title.length() + 4, '-') << std::endl;
+void maketitle(const std::string& title, sColour colour) {
+    colourstream(colour) << std::string(title.length() + 4, '-') << std::endl;
+    colourstream(colour) << "| " << title << " |" << std::endl;
+    colourstream(colour) << std::string(title.length() + 4, '-') << std::endl;
 }

 bool replace_line_in_file(const std::string& file_path, const std::string& search_string, const std::string& replacement_line) {
--- a/source/src/utils/utils.hpp
+++ b/source/src/utils/utils.hpp
@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>

+#include "output.hpp"
+
 namespace dropshell {

 /**
@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ namespace dropshell {
 * 
 * @param title The title string to display
 */
-void maketitle(const std::string& title);
+void maketitle(const std::string& title, sColour colour=sColour::INFO);

 bool replace_line_in_file(const std::string& file_path, const std::string& search_string, const std::string& replacement_line);
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