diff --git a/geos-trame/src/geos/trame/app/io/simulation.py b/geos-trame/src/geos/trame/app/io/simulation.py
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+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from pathlib import Path
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field, fields
+from enum import Enum, unique
+from geos.trame.app.ui.simulationStatusView import SimulationStatus
+from typing import Callable, Optional
+import datetime
+from trame_server.core import Server
+from trame_server.state import State
+
+#TODO move outside
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SimulationConstant:
+    SIMULATION_GEOS_PATH = "/some/path/"
+    SIMULATION_MACHINE_NAME = "p4log01"  # Only run on P4 machine
+
+
+@unique
+class SlurmJobStatus(Enum):
+    PENDING = "PD"
+    RUNNING = "R"
+    COMPLETING = "CG"
+    COMPLETED = "CD"
+    SUSPENDED = "S"
+    UNKNOWN = "UNKNOWN"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_string(cls, job_str) -> "SlurmJobStatus":
+        try:
+            return cls(job_str)
+        except ValueError:
+            return cls.UNKNOWN
+        
+# TODO: dataclass_json
+# @dataclass_json
+@dataclass
+class SimulationInformation:
+    pass
+
+    def get_simulation_status(
+        self,
+        get_running_user_jobs_f: Callable[[], list[tuple[str, SlurmJobStatus]]],
+    ) -> SimulationStatus:
+        """
+        Returns the simulation status given the current Jobs running for the current user.
+        Only runs the callback if the timeseries file is not already present in the done directory.
+        """
+        if not self.geos_job_id:
+            return SimulationStatus.NOT_RUN
+
+        done_sim_path = self.get_simulation_dir(SimulationStatus.DONE)
+        if self.get_timeseries_path(done_sim_path).exists():
+            return SimulationStatus.DONE
+
+        user_jobs = get_running_user_jobs_f()
+        if (self.geos_job_id, SlurmJobStatus.RUNNING) in user_jobs:
+            return SimulationStatus.RUNNING
+
+        if (self.geos_job_id, SlurmJobStatus.COMPLETING) in user_jobs:
+            return SimulationStatus.COMPLETING
+
+        if (self.copy_back_job_id, SlurmJobStatus.RUNNING) in user_jobs:
+            return SimulationStatus.COPY_BACK
+
+        if (self.copy_job_id, SlurmJobStatus.RUNNING) in user_jobs:
+            return SimulationStatus.SCHEDULED
+
+        return SimulationStatus.UNKNOWN
+    
+@dataclass
+class LauncherParams:
+    simulation_files_path: Optional[str] = None
+    simulation_cmd_filename: Optional[str] = None
+    simulation_job_name: Optional[str] = None
+    simulation_nb_process: int = 1
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_server_state(cls, server_state: State) -> "LauncherParams":
+        state = cls()
+        for f in fields(cls):
+            setattr(state, f.name, server_state[f.name])
+        return state
+
+    def is_complete(self) -> bool:
+        return None not in [getattr(self, f.name) for f in fields(self)]
+
+    def assert_is_complete(self) -> None:
+        if not self.is_complete():
+            raise RuntimeError(f"Incomplete simulation launch parameters : {self}.")
+
+
+def get_timestamp() -> str:
+    return datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.%f")[:-3]
+
+
+def get_simulation_output_file_name(timestamp: str, user_name: str = "user_name"):
+    return f"{user_name}_{timestamp}.json"
+
+
+def parse_launcher_output(output: str) -> SimulationInformation:
+    split_output = output.split("\n")
+
+    information = SimulationInformation()
+    information_dict = information.to_dict()  # type: ignore
+
+    content_to_parse = [
+        ("Working directory: ", "working_directory"),
+        ("1. copy job id: ", "copy_job_id"),
+        ("2. geos job id: ", "geos_job_id"),
+        ("3. copy back job id: ", "copy_back_job_id"),
+        ("Run directory: ", "run_directory"),
+    ]
+
+    for line in split_output:
+        for info_tuple in content_to_parse:
+            if info_tuple[0] in line:
+                split_line = line.split(info_tuple[0])
+                if len(split_line) < 2:
+                    continue
+                information_dict[info_tuple[1]] = split_line[-1]
+
+    information_dict["timestamp"] = get_timestamp()
+    return SimulationInformation.from_dict(information_dict)  # type: ignore
+
+
+# def write_simulation_information_to_repo(info: SimulationInformation, sim_info_path: Path) -> Optional[Path]:
+#     return write_file(
+#         sim_info_path.as_posix(),
+#         get_simulation_output_file_name(info.timestamp, info.user_igg),
+#         json.dumps(info.to_dict()),  # type: ignore
+#     )
+
+
+##TODO yay slurm
+def get_launcher_command(launcher_params: LauncherParams) -> str:
+    launcher_cmd_args = (
+        f"{SimulationConstant.SIMULATION_GEOS_PATH} "
+        f"--nprocs {launcher_params.simulation_nb_process} "
+        f"--fname {launcher_params.simulation_cmd_filename} "
+        f"--job_name {launcher_params.simulation_job_name}"
+    )
+
+    # state.simulation_nb_process  is supposed to be an integer, but the UI present a VTextField,
+    # so if user changes it, then it can be defined as a str
+    if int(launcher_params.simulation_nb_process) > 1:
+        launcher_cmd_args += " --partition"
+    return launcher_cmd_args
+
+
+# def get_simulation_screenshot_timestep(filename: str) -> int:
+#     """
+#     From a given file name returns the time step.
+#     Filename is defined as: RenderView0_000000.png with 000000 the time step to parse and return
+#     """
+#     if not filename:
+#         print("Simulation filename is not defined")
+#         return -1
+
+#     pattern = re.compile(r"RenderView[0-9]_[0-9]{6}\.png", re.IGNORECASE)
+#     if pattern.match(filename) is None:
+#         print("Simulation filename does not match the pattern:  RenderView0_000000.png")
+#         return -1
+
+#     timestep = os.path.splitext(filename)[0].split("_")[-1]
+#     return int(timestep) if timestep else -1
+
+
+# def get_most_recent_file_from_list(files_list: list[str]) -> Optional[str]:
+#     if not files_list:
+#         return None
+#     return max(files_list, key=get_simulation_screenshot_timestep)
+
+
+# def get_most_recent_simulation_screenshot(folder_path: Path) -> Optional[str]:
+#     return get_most_recent_file_from_list(os.listdir(folder_path)) if folder_path.exists() else None
+
+
+class ISimRunner(ABC):
+    """
+    Abstract interface for sim runner.
+    Provides methods to trigger simulation, get simulation output path and knowing if simulation is done or not.
+    """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def launch_simulation(self, launcher_params: LauncherParams) -> tuple[Path, SimulationInformation]:
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_user_igg(self) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_running_user_jobs(self) -> list[tuple[str, SlurmJobStatus]]:
+        pass
+
+
+class SimRunner(ISimRunner):
+    """
+    Runs sim on HPC
+    """
+    pass
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diff --git a/geos-trame/src/geos/trame/app/ui/simulationStatusView.py b/geos-trame/src/geos/trame/app/ui/simulationStatusView.py
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+from enum import Enum, auto, unique
+
+from trame_client.widgets.html import H3, Div
+from trame_server import Server
+from trame_vuetify.widgets.vuetify3 import VCard
+
+@unique
+class SimulationStatus(Enum):
+    SCHEDULED = auto()
+    RUNNING = auto()
+    COMPLETING = auto()
+    COPY_BACK = auto()
+    DONE = auto()
+    NOT_RUN = auto()
+    UNKNOWN = auto()
+
+
+class SimulationStatusView:
+    """
+    Simple component containing simulation status in a VCard with some coloring depending on the status.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, server: Server):
+        def state_name(state_str):
+            return f"{type(self).__name__}_{state_str}_{id(self)}"
+
+        self._text_state = state_name("text")
+        self._date_state = state_name("date")
+        self._time_state = state_name("time")
+        self._color_state = state_name("color")
+        self._state = server.state
+
+        for s in [self._text_state, self._date_state, self._time_state, self._color_state]:
+            self._state.client_only(s)
+
+        with VCard(
+            classes="p-8",
+            style=(f"`border: 4px solid ${{{self._color_state}}}; width: 300px; margin:auto; padding: 4px;`",),
+        ) as self.ui:
+            H3(f"{{{{{self._text_state}}}}}", style="text-align:center;")
+            Div(f"{{{{{self._date_state}}}}} {{{{{self._time_state}}}}}", style="text-align:center;")
+
+        self.set_status(SimulationStatus.NOT_RUN)
+        self.set_time_stamp("")
+
+    def set_status(self, status: SimulationStatus):
+        self._state[self._text_state] = status.name
+        self._state[self._color_state] = self.status_color(status)
+        self._state.flush()
+
+    def set_time_stamp(self, time_stamp: str):
+        date, time = self.split_time_stamp(time_stamp)
+        self._state[self._time_state] = time
+        self._state[self._date_state] = date
+        self._state.flush()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def split_time_stamp(time_stamp: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        default_time_stamp = "", ""
+        if not time_stamp:
+            return default_time_stamp
+
+        time_stamp = time_stamp.split("_")
+        if len(time_stamp) < 2:
+            return default_time_stamp
+
+        return time_stamp[0].replace("-", "/"), time_stamp[1].split(".")[0].replace("-", ":")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def status_color(status: SimulationStatus) -> str:
+        return {
+            SimulationStatus.DONE: "#4CAF50",
+            SimulationStatus.RUNNING: "#3F51B5",
+            SimulationStatus.SCHEDULED: "#FFC107",
+            SimulationStatus.COMPLETING: "#C5E1A5",
+            SimulationStatus.COPY_BACK: "#C5E1A5",
+            SimulationStatus.UNKNOWN: "#E53935",
+        }.get(status, "#607D8B")
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