Application as Service Alternatives

Application as Service is described as 'Advanced system tool which lets you run any application as Windows Service. You can easily configure Application as Service using its intuitive GUI interface or command line configurator directly from your software' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to Application as Service for Windows. The best Application as Service alternative is NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Application as Service are WinSW, Always Up, Shawl and Run as Service.

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  1. NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager icon

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager

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    nssm is a service helper which doesn't suck. srvany and other service helper programs suck because they don't handle failure of the application running as a service. If you use such a program you may see a service listed as started when in fact the application has died.

    7 NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager as an Alternative to Application as Service
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    It ran an app as a service that some other programs could not without any extra configuration, has a simple nice GUI, does not need to be installed. Was the thing I was looking for!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is the most popular Windows alternative to Application as Service.

    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Application as Service.

    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is Free and Open SourceApplication as Service is Paid and Proprietary
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    WinSW

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    winsw - A wrapper executable that can be used to host any executable as an Windows service, in a liberal license

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Always Up icon

    Always Up

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    AlwaysUp is the true set-it-and-forget-it way to run your mission-critical Windows application 24/7, unattended, starting it at boot and monitoring it to ensure that it is always running, even if it crashes, hangs, or fails.

    8 Always Up alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Always Up is the most popular commercial alternative to Application as Service.

    • Always Up is Paid and ProprietaryApplication as Service is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. Shawl icon

    Shawl

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    Shawl is a wrapper for running arbitrary programs as Windows services, written in Rust. It handles the Windows service API for you so that your program only needs to respond to ctrl-C/SIGINT. If you're creating a project that needs to run as a service, simply bundle Shawl...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Run as Service

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    This tool requires that .NET Framework 2.0 be already installed on your computer. If you do not have .NET Framework 2.0 this tool will display a message and not run. You probably already have the .NET Framework 2.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    FireDaemon

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    FireDaemon runs any application program executable or script as a Windows service when your computer starts up restarting it the application crashes or fails.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Daemon Master

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    Daemon Master is a software which makes it possible to create and manage a Windows-service from any program. (Alpha)

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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