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 Always Up, Shawl, Run as Service and WinSW.

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Application as Service alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager icon
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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.

    9 NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager alternatives
    Environment tab

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Run as a Service
    Discontinued

    Last release is from 2014, and last pre-release is from 2017, but it can still be downloaded from the official website.

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager iconApplication as Service Icon

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager VS 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!

    Positive commentJul 13, 2017
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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
  2. Always Up icon
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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
    AlwaysUp Overview

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Always Up Features

    1.  Run as a Service
    Always Up iconApplication as Service Icon

    Always Up VS Application as Service

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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
  3. Shawl icon
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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...

    7 Shawl alternatives
    Shawl screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Shawl Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Run as a Service
    3.  Rust
    Shawl iconApplication as Service Icon

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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.

    8 Run as Service alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Application as Service Icon

    Run as Service VS Application as Service

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

    7 WinSW alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinSW Features

    1.  Run as a Service
    WinSW iconApplication as Service Icon

    WinSW VS Application as Service

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  6. FireDaemon icon
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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.

    7 FireDaemon alternatives
    FireDaemon screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    FireDaemon Features

    1.  Run as a Service
    FireDaemon iconApplication as Service Icon

    FireDaemon VS Application as Service

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

    9 Daemon Master alternatives
    Daemon Master screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Daemon Master Features

    1.  Root required
    2.  Run as a Service
    Daemon Master iconApplication as Service Icon

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