diff --git a/app/src/sys/unix/process.c b/app/src/sys/unix/process.c
index 8683a2da..451b6491 100644
--- a/app/src/sys/unix/process.c
+++ b/app/src/sys/unix/process.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "util/process.h"
 
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -50,65 +51,151 @@ search_executable(const char *file) {
 }
 
 enum process_result
-process_execute(const char *const argv[], pid_t *pid) {
-    int fd[2];
+process_execute_redirect(const char *const argv[], pid_t *pid, int *pipe_stdin,
+                     int *pipe_stdout, int *pipe_stderr) {
+    int in[2];
+    int out[2];
+    int err[2];
+    int internal[2]; // communication between parent and children
 
-    if (pipe(fd) == -1) {
+    if (pipe(internal) == -1) {
         perror("pipe");
         return PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
     }
-
-    enum process_result ret = PROCESS_SUCCESS;
+    if (pipe_stdin) {
+        if (pipe(in) == -1) {
+            perror("pipe");
+            close(internal[0]);
+            close(internal[1]);
+            return PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+        }
+    }
+    if (pipe_stdout) {
+        if (pipe(out) == -1) {
+            perror("pipe");
+            // clean up
+            if (pipe_stdin) {
+                close(in[0]);
+                close(in[1]);
+            }
+            close(internal[0]);
+            close(internal[1]);
+            return PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+        }
+    }
+    if (pipe_stderr) {
+        if (pipe(err) == -1) {
+            perror("pipe");
+            // clean up
+            if (pipe_stdout) {
+                close(out[0]);
+                close(out[1]);
+            }
+            if (pipe_stdin) {
+                close(in[0]);
+                close(in[1]);
+            }
+            close(internal[0]);
+            close(internal[1]);
+            return PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+        }
+    }
 
     *pid = fork();
     if (*pid == -1) {
         perror("fork");
-        ret = PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
-        goto end;
+        // clean up
+        if (pipe_stderr) {
+            close(err[0]);
+            close(err[1]);
+        }
+        if (pipe_stdout) {
+            close(out[0]);
+            close(out[1]);
+        }
+        if (pipe_stdin) {
+            close(in[0]);
+            close(in[1]);
+        }
+        close(internal[0]);
+        close(internal[1]);
+        return PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
     }
 
-    if (*pid > 0) {
-        // parent close write side
-        close(fd[1]);
-        fd[1] = -1;
-        // wait for EOF or receive errno from child
-        if (read(fd[0], &ret, sizeof(ret)) == -1) {
-            perror("read");
-            ret = PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
-            goto end;
-        }
-    } else if (*pid == 0) {
-        // child close read side
-        close(fd[0]);
-        if (fcntl(fd[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) == 0) {
-            execvp(argv[0], (char *const *)argv);
-            if (errno == ENOENT) {
-                ret = PROCESS_ERROR_MISSING_BINARY;
-            } else {
-                ret = PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+    if (*pid == 0) {
+        if (pipe_stdin) {
+            if (in[0] != STDIN_FILENO) {
+                dup2(in[0], STDIN_FILENO);
+                close(in[0]);
             }
+            close(in[1]);
+        }
+        if (pipe_stdout) {
+            if (out[1] != STDOUT_FILENO) {
+                dup2(out[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+                close(out[1]);
+            }
+            close(out[0]);
+        }
+        if (pipe_stderr) {
+            if (err[1] != STDERR_FILENO) {
+                dup2(err[1], STDERR_FILENO);
+                close(err[1]);
+            }
+            close(err[0]);
+        }
+        close(internal[0]);
+        enum process_result err;
+        if (fcntl(internal[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) == 0) {
+            execvp(argv[0], (char *const *) argv);
             perror("exec");
+            err = errno == ENOENT ? PROCESS_ERROR_MISSING_BINARY
+                                  : PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
         } else {
             perror("fcntl");
-            ret = PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+            err = PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
         }
-        // send ret to the parent
-        if (write(fd[1], &ret, sizeof(ret)) == -1) {
+        // send err to the parent
+        if (write(internal[1], &err, sizeof(err)) == -1) {
             perror("write");
         }
-        // close write side before exiting
-        close(fd[1]);
+        close(internal[1]);
         _exit(1);
     }
 
-end:
-    if (fd[0] != -1) {
-        close(fd[0]);
+    // parent
+    assert(*pid > 0);
+
+    close(internal[1]);
+
+    enum process_result res = PROCESS_SUCCESS;
+    // wait for EOF or receive err from child
+    if (read(internal[0], &res, sizeof(res)) == -1) {
+        perror("read");
+        res = PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
     }
-    if (fd[1] != -1) {
-        close(fd[1]);
+
+    close(internal[0]);
+
+    if (pipe_stdin) {
+        close(in[0]);
+        *pipe_stdin = in[1];
     }
-    return ret;
+    if (pipe_stdout) {
+        *pipe_stdout = out[0];
+        close(out[1]);
+    }
+    if (pipe_stderr) {
+        *pipe_stderr = err[0];
+        close(err[1]);
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+enum process_result
+process_execute(const char *const argv[], pid_t *pid) {
+    return process_execute_redirect(argv, pid, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 bool
@@ -175,3 +262,15 @@ is_regular_file(const char *path) {
     }
     return S_ISREG(path_stat.st_mode);
 }
+
+ssize_t
+read_pipe(int pipe, char *data, size_t len) {
+    return read(pipe, data, len);
+}
+
+void
+close_pipe(int pipe) {
+    if (close(pipe)) {
+        perror("close pipe");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/sys/win/process.c b/app/src/sys/win/process.c
index aafd5d34..9a846fad 100644
--- a/app/src/sys/win/process.c
+++ b/app/src/sys/win/process.c
@@ -23,38 +23,129 @@ build_cmd(char *cmd, size_t len, const char *const argv[]) {
 }
 
 enum process_result
-process_execute(const char *const argv[], HANDLE *handle) {
+process_execute_redirect(const char *const argv[], HANDLE *handle,
+                         HANDLE *pipe_stdin, HANDLE *pipe_stdout,
+                         HANDLE *pipe_stderr) {
+    enum process_result ret = PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+
+    SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
+    sa.nLength = sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
+    sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL;
+    sa.bInheritHandle = TRUE;
+
+    HANDLE stdin_read_handle;
+    HANDLE stdout_write_handle;
+    HANDLE stderr_write_handle;
+    if (pipe_stdin) {
+        if (!CreatePipe(&stdin_read_handle, pipe_stdin, &sa, 0)) {
+            perror("pipe");
+            return PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+        }
+        if (!SetHandleInformation(*pipe_stdin, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0)) {
+            LOGE("SetHandleInformation stdin failed");
+            goto error_close_stdin;
+        }
+    }
+    if (pipe_stdout) {
+        if (!CreatePipe(pipe_stdout, &stdout_write_handle, &sa, 0)) {
+            perror("pipe");
+            goto error_close_stdin;
+        }
+        if (!SetHandleInformation(*pipe_stdout, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0)) {
+            LOGE("SetHandleInformation stdout failed");
+            goto error_close_stdout;
+        }
+    }
+    if (pipe_stderr) {
+        if (!CreatePipe(pipe_stderr, &stderr_write_handle, &sa, 0)) {
+            perror("pipe");
+            goto error_close_stdout;
+        }
+        if (!SetHandleInformation(*pipe_stderr, HANDLE_FLAG_INHERIT, 0)) {
+            LOGE("SetHandleInformation stderr failed");
+            goto error_close_stderr;
+        }
+    }
+
     STARTUPINFOW si;
     PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
     memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
     si.cb = sizeof(si);
+    if (pipe_stdin || pipe_stdout || pipe_stderr) {
+        si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
+        if (pipe_stdin) {
+            si.hStdInput = stdin_read_handle;
+        }
+        if (pipe_stdout) {
+            si.hStdOutput = stdout_write_handle;
+        }
+        if (pipe_stderr) {
+            si.hStdError = stderr_write_handle;
+        }
+    }
 
     char *cmd = malloc(CMD_MAX_LEN);
     if (!cmd || !build_cmd(cmd, CMD_MAX_LEN, argv)) {
         *handle = NULL;
-        return PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+        goto error_close_stderr;
     }
 
     wchar_t *wide = utf8_to_wide_char(cmd);
     free(cmd);
     if (!wide) {
         LOGC("Could not allocate wide char string");
-        return PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+        goto error_close_stderr;
     }
 
-    if (!CreateProcessW(NULL, wide, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si,
+    if (!CreateProcessW(NULL, wide, NULL, NULL, TRUE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si,
                         &pi)) {
         free(wide);
         *handle = NULL;
+
         if (GetLastError() == ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) {
-            return PROCESS_ERROR_MISSING_BINARY;
+            ret = PROCESS_ERROR_MISSING_BINARY;
         }
-        return PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC;
+        goto error_close_stderr;
+    }
+
+    // These handles are used by the child process, close them for this process
+    if (pipe_stdin) {
+        CloseHandle(stdin_read_handle);
+    }
+    if (pipe_stdout) {
+        CloseHandle(stdout_write_handle);
+    }
+    if (pipe_stderr) {
+        CloseHandle(stderr_write_handle);
     }
 
     free(wide);
     *handle = pi.hProcess;
+
     return PROCESS_SUCCESS;
+
+error_close_stderr:
+    if (pipe_stderr) {
+        CloseHandle(*pipe_stderr);
+        CloseHandle(stderr_write_handle);
+    }
+error_close_stdout:
+    if (pipe_stdout) {
+        CloseHandle(*pipe_stdout);
+        CloseHandle(stdout_write_handle);
+    }
+error_close_stdin:
+    if (pipe_stdin) {
+        CloseHandle(*pipe_stdin);
+        CloseHandle(stdin_read_handle);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+enum process_result
+process_execute(const char *const argv[], HANDLE *handle) {
+    return process_execute_redirect(argv, handle, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 bool
@@ -116,3 +207,19 @@ is_regular_file(const char *path) {
     }
     return S_ISREG(path_stat.st_mode);
 }
+
+ssize_t
+read_pipe(HANDLE pipe, char *data, size_t len) {
+    DWORD r;
+    if (!ReadFile(pipe, data, len, &r, NULL)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return r;
+}
+
+void
+close_pipe(HANDLE pipe) {
+    if (!CloseHandle(pipe)) {
+        LOGW("Cannot close pipe");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/util/process.h b/app/src/util/process.h
index 6aca6bf5..a21374b6 100644
--- a/app/src/util/process.h
+++ b/app/src/util/process.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # define NO_EXIT_CODE -1u // max value as unsigned
   typedef HANDLE process_t;
   typedef DWORD exit_code_t;
+  typedef HANDLE pipe_t;
 
 #else
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 # define NO_EXIT_CODE -1
   typedef pid_t process_t;
   typedef int exit_code_t;
+  typedef int pipe_t;
 
 #endif
 
@@ -42,6 +44,14 @@ enum process_result {
 enum process_result
 process_execute(const char *const argv[], process_t *process);
 
+enum process_result
+process_execute_redirect(const char *const argv[], process_t *process,
+                         pipe_t *pipe_stdin, pipe_t *pipe_stdout,
+                         pipe_t *pipe_stderr);
+
+bool
+process_terminate(process_t pid);
+
 // kill the process
 bool
 process_terminate(process_t pid);
@@ -83,4 +93,10 @@ get_local_file_path(const char *name);
 bool
 is_regular_file(const char *path);
 
+ssize_t
+read_pipe(pipe_t pipe, char *data, size_t len);
+
+void
+close_pipe(pipe_t pipe);
+
 #endif