EXE to Service Alternatives

Apps similar to EXE to Service include SvcWatchDog, which is free and open source. Other options are NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager, servy, WinSW and Always Up. In total there are seven apps like EXE to Service for Windows.

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    SvcWatchDog is a lightweight and configurable Windows utility that lets you run any non-interactive application as a Windows service—without modifying your code or relying on external wrappers. It’s designed for developers, sysadmins, and automation enthusiasts who need reliable...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. 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.

    11 NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. servy icon
     1 like

    Servy lets you run any app as a native Windows service with full control over the working directory, startup type, process priority, CPU affinity, logging, health checks, environment variables, dependencies, pre-launch and post-launch hooks, pre-stop and post-stop hooks, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. WinSW icon
     3 likes

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

    10 WinSW alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Always Up icon
     6 likes

    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.

    12 Always Up alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6.  3 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. FireDaemon icon
     5 likes

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

    8 FireDaemon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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