Daemon Master Alternatives

Daemon Master is described as 'Software which makes it possible to create and manage a Windows-service from any program. (Alpha)' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are nine alternatives to Daemon Master for Windows. The best Daemon Master alternative is NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Daemon Master are Always Up, Shawl, Run as Service and WinSW.

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

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Daemon Master alternatives page was last updated Jul 19, 2022
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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

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    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    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 Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Run as a Service

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager VS Daemon Master

     
    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is the most popular Windows alternative to Daemon Master.

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

    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is Free and Open SourceDaemon Master is also Free and Open Source
  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

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Always Up Features

    1.  Run as a Service

    Always Up VS Daemon Master

     
    • Always Up is the most popular commercial alternative to Daemon Master.

    • Always Up is Paid and ProprietaryDaemon Master is Free and Open Source
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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...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Shawl Features

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

    Shawl VS Daemon Master

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

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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

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinSW Features

    1.  Run as a 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

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    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows

    FireDaemon Features

    1.  Run as a Service

    FireDaemon VS Daemon Master

     
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    TSM is a very small tool to configure your services.

    Features:

    Save/Load state in XML. Enable/Disable/Startup/Manual/Stop/Pause/Resume in multiple selected services at once with one key press. Group by State or by Startup type. Shows parent and child services. Win32/Kernel serv.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    Turbo Service Manager Features

    1.  Run as a Service

    Turbo Service Manager VS Daemon Master

     
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    This script lets you set Windows 10's services based on Black Viper's Service Configurations, your own Service Configuration (If in a proper format), a backup of your Service Configurations made by this script, or a Custom Configuration using the script.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    BlackViperScript VS Daemon Master

     
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    Application as Service is an 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.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Application as Service Features

    1.  Run as a Service

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