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s6

s6 is a small suite of programs for UNIX, designed for process supervision. It can be used as an init system, or as separate supervision components.

s6 Alternatives

The best s6 alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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    /systemd-alternatives

    systemd is a replacement for the init daemon for Linux (either System V or BSD-style).

    Open Source

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    /runit-alternatives

    runit is a cross-platform Unix init scheme with service supervision, a replacement for sysvinit...

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    /sysvinit-alternatives

    Savannah is a central point for development, distribution and maintenance of free software, both GNU and non-GNU.

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    /supervisor-alternatives

    Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of...

    Open Source

  6. 10
    /m-monit-alternatives

    Monit is a free open source utility for managing and monitoring, processes, files, directories and filesystems on a UNIX system. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations.

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    /dinit-alternatives

    Dinit is a service supervisor with dependency support which can also act as the system "init" program.

  8. 15
    /upstart-alternatives

    Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and...

  9. /pm2-alternatives

    Advanced, production process manager for Node.js

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    /finit-alternatives

    Finit is a simple alternative to SysV init and systemd, reverse engineered from the EeePC fastinit ten years ago by Claudio Matsuoka — “gaps filled with frog DNA …” Finit supports runlevels, process monitoring, and starting services on demand using …

  11. /launchd-alternatives

    a free system array created by Apple inc. For BSD - including macOS as macOS is based on the Darwin kernel of BSD

  12. /zabbix-alternatives

    Track, record, alert and visualize performance and availability of IT resources

    Open Source free

  13. /procd-alternatives

    procd is a process and system init service for OpenWRT.

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    /nosh-alternatives

    The nosh package is a suite of system-level utilities for initializing and running a BSD or Linux...

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