7 Like systemd Good alternative? YES NO systemd is a replacement for the init daemon for Linux (either System V or BSD-style). It is intended to provide a better framework for expressing services'... Free Open Source Linux Configurable Optimal performance Add a feature
4 Like sysvinit Good alternative? YES NO The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of the system. Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
4 Like OpenRC Good alternative? YES NO OpenRC is a dependency-based init system that works with the system provided init program, normally /sbin/init. It is not a replacement for /sbin/init. OpenRC is 100%... Free Open Source Linux BSD Lightweight Add a feature
5 Like Upstart Good alternative? YES NO Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
3 Like runit Good alternative? YES NO runit is a cross-platform Unix init scheme with service supervision, a replacement for sysvinit, and other init schemes. It runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, MacOSX, Solaris, and... Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
2 Like nosh Good alternative? YES NO The nosh package is a suite of system-level utilities for initializing and running a BSD or Linux system, and for managing daemons. Free Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
2 Like eudev Good alternative? YES NO eudev is a fork of systemd with the aim of isolating udev from any particular flavor of system initialization. This is a project started by Gentoo developers to ensure... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
1 Like procd Good alternative? YES NO procd is a process and system init service for OpenWRT. It's less resource intensive as it's intended for embedded devices, works with busybox and uClib... Free Open Source Linux OpenWrt No features added Add a feature
2 Like Supervisor Good alternative? YES NO Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems. Free Open Source Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
1 Like uselessd Good alternative? YES NO uselessd (the useless daemon, or the daemon that uses less... depending on your viewpoint) is a project to reduce systemd to a base initd and process supervisor, while... Free Open Source Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
