systemd 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 8 Like
sysvinit 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 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 4 Like
runit 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 OS X Linux BSD No features added Add a feature 3 Like
eudev 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 2 Like
nosh 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
Upstart 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 5 Like
procd 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 1 Like
Supervisor 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 2 Like
