Launchd Alternatives
Launchd is described as 'a free system array created by Apple inc. For BSD - including macOS as macOS is based on the Darwin kernel of BSD'. There are nine alternatives to Launchd for Linux, BSD, OpenWrt and Mac. The best alternative is systemd, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Launchd are sysvinit (Free, Open Source), OpenRC (Free, Open Source), runit (Free, Open Source) and finit (Free, Open Source).
- systemd is a replacement for the init daemon for Linux (either System V or BSD-style). View 13 alternatives to systemd
- The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of the system. View 11 alternatives to sysvinit
- 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. View 10 alternatives to OpenRC
- runit is a cross-platform Unix init scheme with service supervision, a replacement for sysvinit, and other init schemes. View 12 alternatives to runitNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Finit is a small SysV init replacement with process supervision similar to that of daemontools and runit. View 11 alternatives to finit
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- s6 is a small suite of programs for UNIX, designed for process supervision. It can be used as an init system. You can also use all its programs separately. View 8 alternatives to s6
- Using the tooling in this repo, I am able to boot from linux to sinit as PID1, and from there to Emacs acting as PID2 using --script mode, performing all typical rc. View 13 alternatives to systemENo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- eudev is a fork of systemd with the aim of isolating udev from any particular flavor of system initialization. View 6 alternatives to eudevNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- procd is a process and system init service for OpenWRT. View 8 alternatives to procdNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- OpenWrt