diff --git a/app/meson.build b/app/meson.build
index 28b9d141..d031e5cc 100644
--- a/app/meson.build
+++ b/app/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 src = [
     'src/main.c',
+    'src/adb.c',
     'src/cli.c',
-    'src/command.c',
     'src/control_msg.c',
     'src/controller.c',
     'src/decoder.c',
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ src = [
     'src/tiny_xpm.c',
     'src/video_buffer.c',
     'src/util/net.c',
+    'src/util/process.c',
     'src/util/str_util.c'
 ]
 
@@ -76,10 +77,10 @@ endif
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-    src += [ 'src/sys/win/command.c' ]
+    src += [ 'src/sys/win/process.c' ]
     dependencies += cc.find_library('ws2_32')
 else
-    src += [ 'src/sys/unix/command.c' ]
+    src += [ 'src/sys/unix/process.c' ]
 endif
 
 conf = configuration_data()
diff --git a/app/src/command.c b/app/src/adb.c
similarity index 90%
rename from app/src/command.c
rename to app/src/adb.c
index 81047b7a..339c854d 100644
--- a/app/src/command.c
+++ b/app/src/adb.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "command.h"
+#include "adb.h"
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ show_adb_installation_msg() {
         {"pacman", "pacman -S android-tools"},
     };
     for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN(pkg_managers); ++i) {
-        if (cmd_search(pkg_managers[i].binary)) {
+        if (search_executable(pkg_managers[i].binary)) {
             LOGI("You may install 'adb' by \"%s\"", pkg_managers[i].command);
             return;
         }
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ adb_execute(const char *serial, const char *const adb_cmd[], size_t len) {
 
     memcpy(&cmd[i], adb_cmd, len * sizeof(const char *));
     cmd[len + i] = NULL;
-    enum process_result r = cmd_execute(cmd, &process);
+    enum process_result r = process_execute(cmd, &process);
     if (r != PROCESS_SUCCESS) {
         show_adb_err_msg(r, cmd);
         return PROCESS_NONE;
@@ -211,21 +211,3 @@ adb_install(const char *serial, const char *local) {
 
     return proc;
 }
-
-bool
-process_check_success(process_t proc, const char *name) {
-    if (proc == PROCESS_NONE) {
-        LOGE("Could not execute \"%s\"", name);
-        return false;
-    }
-    exit_code_t exit_code;
-    if (!cmd_simple_wait(proc, &exit_code)) {
-        if (exit_code != NO_EXIT_CODE) {
-            LOGE("\"%s\" returned with value %" PRIexitcode, name, exit_code);
-        } else {
-            LOGE("\"%s\" exited unexpectedly", name);
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
diff --git a/app/src/adb.h b/app/src/adb.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52cdf823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/adb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#ifndef SC_ADB_H
+#define SC_ADB_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "util/process.h"
+
+process_t
+adb_execute(const char *serial, const char *const adb_cmd[], size_t len);
+
+process_t
+adb_forward(const char *serial, uint16_t local_port,
+            const char *device_socket_name);
+
+process_t
+adb_forward_remove(const char *serial, uint16_t local_port);
+
+process_t
+adb_reverse(const char *serial, const char *device_socket_name,
+            uint16_t local_port);
+
+process_t
+adb_reverse_remove(const char *serial, const char *device_socket_name);
+
+process_t
+adb_push(const char *serial, const char *local, const char *remote);
+
+process_t
+adb_install(const char *serial, const char *local);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/app/src/file_handler.c b/app/src/file_handler.c
index ba689404..502b3e96 100644
--- a/app/src/file_handler.c
+++ b/app/src/file_handler.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
-#include "command.h"
+#include "adb.h"
 #include "util/lock.h"
 #include "util/log.h"
 
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ file_handler_stop(struct file_handler *file_handler) {
     file_handler->stopped = true;
     cond_signal(file_handler->event_cond);
     if (file_handler->current_process != PROCESS_NONE) {
-        if (!cmd_terminate(file_handler->current_process)) {
+        if (!process_terminate(file_handler->current_process)) {
             LOGW("Could not terminate install process");
         }
-        cmd_simple_wait(file_handler->current_process, NULL);
+        process_simple_wait(file_handler->current_process, NULL);
         file_handler->current_process = PROCESS_NONE;
     }
     mutex_unlock(file_handler->mutex);
diff --git a/app/src/file_handler.h b/app/src/file_handler.h
index 078d0ca5..71b58952 100644
--- a/app/src/file_handler.h
+++ b/app/src/file_handler.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <SDL2/SDL_thread.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
-#include "command.h"
+#include "adb.h"
 #include "util/cbuf.h"
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index 3d043b95..2d593234 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "config.h"
-#include "command.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "compat.h"
 #include "controller.h"
diff --git a/app/src/server.c b/app/src/server.c
index 217e7e41..2766b0e1 100644
--- a/app/src/server.c
+++ b/app/src/server.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <SDL2/SDL_platform.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
-#include "command.h"
+#include "adb.h"
 #include "util/lock.h"
 #include "util/log.h"
 #include "util/net.h"
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ server_init(struct server *server) {
 static int
 run_wait_server(void *data) {
     struct server *server = data;
-    cmd_simple_wait(server->process, NULL); // ignore exit code
+    process_simple_wait(server->process, NULL); // ignore exit code
 
     mutex_lock(server->mutex);
     server->process_terminated = true;
@@ -447,8 +447,8 @@ server_start(struct server *server, const char *serial,
     server->wait_server_thread =
         SDL_CreateThread(run_wait_server, "wait-server", server);
     if (!server->wait_server_thread) {
-        cmd_terminate(server->process);
-        cmd_simple_wait(server->process, NULL); // ignore exit code
+        process_terminate(server->process);
+        process_simple_wait(server->process, NULL); // ignore exit code
         goto error2;
     }
 
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ server_stop(struct server *server) {
         // the process is already terminated, and the PID assigned to a new
         // process.
         LOGW("Killing the server...");
-        cmd_terminate(server->process);
+        process_terminate(server->process);
     }
 
     SDL_WaitThread(server->wait_server_thread, NULL);
diff --git a/app/src/server.h b/app/src/server.h
index c97a9153..48d8cd32 100644
--- a/app/src/server.h
+++ b/app/src/server.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <SDL2/SDL_thread.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
-#include "command.h"
+#include "adb.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "scrcpy.h"
 #include "util/log.h"
diff --git a/app/src/sys/unix/command.c b/app/src/sys/unix/process.c
similarity index 95%
rename from app/src/sys/unix/command.c
rename to app/src/sys/unix/process.c
index c4c262e4..d029319d 100644
--- a/app/src/sys/unix/command.c
+++ b/app/src/sys/unix/process.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # define _DARWIN_C_SOURCE // for strdup(), strtok_r(), memset_pattern4()
 #endif
 
-#include "command.h"
+#include "util/process.h"
 
 #include "config.h"
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "util/log.h"
 
 bool
-cmd_search(const char *file) {
+search_executable(const char *file) {
     char *path = getenv("PATH");
     if (!path)
         return false;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ cmd_search(const char *file) {
 }
 
 enum process_result
-cmd_execute(const char *const argv[], pid_t *pid) {
+process_execute(const char *const argv[], pid_t *pid) {
     int fd[2];
 
     if (pipe(fd) == -1) {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ end:
 }
 
 bool
-cmd_terminate(pid_t pid) {
+process_terminate(pid_t pid) {
     if (pid <= 0) {
         LOGC("Requested to kill %d, this is an error. Please report the bug.\n",
              (int) pid);
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ cmd_terminate(pid_t pid) {
 }
 
 bool
-cmd_simple_wait(pid_t pid, int *exit_code) {
+process_simple_wait(pid_t pid, int *exit_code) {
     int status;
     int code;
     if (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1 || !WIFEXITED(status)) {
diff --git a/app/src/sys/win/command.c b/app/src/sys/win/process.c
similarity index 93%
rename from app/src/sys/win/command.c
rename to app/src/sys/win/process.c
index 7b483300..da776e8c 100644
--- a/app/src/sys/win/command.c
+++ b/app/src/sys/win/process.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "command.h"
+#include "util/process.h"
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ build_cmd(char *cmd, size_t len, const char *const argv[]) {
 }
 
 enum process_result
-cmd_execute(const char *const argv[], HANDLE *handle) {
+process_execute(const char *const argv[], HANDLE *handle) {
     STARTUPINFOW si;
     PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
     memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ cmd_execute(const char *const argv[], HANDLE *handle) {
 }
 
 bool
-cmd_terminate(HANDLE handle) {
+process_terminate(HANDLE handle) {
     return TerminateProcess(handle, 1);
 }
 
 bool
-cmd_simple_wait(HANDLE handle, DWORD *exit_code) {
+process_simple_wait(HANDLE handle, DWORD *exit_code) {
     DWORD code;
     if (WaitForSingleObject(handle, INFINITE) != WAIT_OBJECT_0
             || !GetExitCodeProcess(handle, &code)) {
diff --git a/app/src/util/process.c b/app/src/util/process.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4eb8282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/util/process.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "process.h"
+
+#include "log.h"
+
+bool
+process_check_success(process_t proc, const char *name) {
+    if (proc == PROCESS_NONE) {
+        LOGE("Could not execute \"%s\"", name);
+        return false;
+    }
+    exit_code_t exit_code;
+    if (!process_simple_wait(proc, &exit_code)) {
+        if (exit_code != NO_EXIT_CODE) {
+            LOGE("\"%s\" returned with value %" PRIexitcode, name, exit_code);
+        } else {
+            LOGE("\"%s\" exited unexpectedly", name);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/app/src/command.h b/app/src/util/process.h
similarity index 59%
rename from app/src/command.h
rename to app/src/util/process.h
index 7035139b..1e6f256b 100644
--- a/app/src/command.h
+++ b/app/src/util/process.h
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#ifndef COMMAND_H
-#define COMMAND_H
+#ifndef SC_PROCESS_H
+#define SC_PROCESS_H
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
@@ -31,56 +32,35 @@
 
 #endif
 
-#include "config.h"
-
 enum process_result {
     PROCESS_SUCCESS,
     PROCESS_ERROR_GENERIC,
     PROCESS_ERROR_MISSING_BINARY,
 };
 
-#ifndef __WINDOWS__
-bool
-cmd_search(const char *file);
-#endif
-
+// execute the command and write the result to the output parameter "process"
 enum process_result
-cmd_execute(const char *const argv[], process_t *process);
+process_execute(const char *const argv[], process_t *process);
 
+// kill the process
 bool
-cmd_terminate(process_t pid);
+process_terminate(process_t pid);
 
+// wait and close the process
 bool
-cmd_simple_wait(process_t pid, exit_code_t *exit_code);
-
-process_t
-adb_execute(const char *serial, const char *const adb_cmd[], size_t len);
-
-process_t
-adb_forward(const char *serial, uint16_t local_port,
-            const char *device_socket_name);
-
-process_t
-adb_forward_remove(const char *serial, uint16_t local_port);
-
-process_t
-adb_reverse(const char *serial, const char *device_socket_name,
-            uint16_t local_port);
-
-process_t
-adb_reverse_remove(const char *serial, const char *device_socket_name);
-
-process_t
-adb_push(const char *serial, const char *local, const char *remote);
-
-process_t
-adb_install(const char *serial, const char *local);
+process_simple_wait(process_t pid, exit_code_t *exit_code);
 
 // convenience function to wait for a successful process execution
 // automatically log process errors with the provided process name
 bool
 process_check_success(process_t proc, const char *name);
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
+// only used to find package manager, not implemented for Windows
+bool
+search_executable(const char *file);
+#endif
+
 // return the absolute path of the executable (the scrcpy binary)
 // may be NULL on error; to be freed by SDL_free
 char *