nosh Alternatives

nosh is described as 'The nosh package is a suite of system-level utilities for initializing and running a BSD or Linux system, and for managing daemons' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to nosh for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Self-Hosted, Python and OpenWrt apps. The best nosh alternative is systemd, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like nosh are OpenRC, runit, s6 and sysvinit.

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nosh alternatives page was last updated May 25, 2020
  1. systemd icon
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    systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It provides a system and service manager that runs as PID 1 and starts the rest of the system.

    13 systemd alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    systemd VS nosh

    Is systemd a good alternative to nosh?
     
    • systemd is the most popular Linux alternative to nosh.

    • systemd is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to nosh.

    • systemd is Free and Open Sourcenosh is Free and Proprietary
  2.  6 likes

    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% compatible with Gentoo init scripts, which means you can probably find one for the daemons you want to start in...

    10 OpenRC alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    OpenRC VS nosh

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  3.  7 likes

    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 can easily be adapted to other Unix operating systems.

    13 runit alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    runit VS nosh

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    • runit is the most popular Mac alternative to nosh.

    • runit is Free and Open Sourcenosh is Free and Proprietary
  4.  4 likes

    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.

    8 s6 alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Modularity
    3.  Support for Multiple threads
    4.  Embeddable
    5.  Multi-threaded architecture

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  5. sysvinit icon
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    The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of the system.

    11 sysvinit alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  EMACS
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    sysvinit VS nosh

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  6. Supervisor icon
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    Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.

    11 Supervisor alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7.  3 likes

    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 udev remains system initialization and distribution neutral.

    6 eudev alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

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  8.  2 likes

    Finit is a small SysV init replacement with process supervision similar to that of daemontools and runit. Its focus is on small and embedded GNU/Linux systems, although fully functional on standard server and desktop installations.

    11 finit alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    finit VS nosh

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  9. systemE icon
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    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.boot system initialization using Emacs lisp until we hit the getty.

    13 systemE alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    systemE icon

    systemE VS nosh

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  10.  1 like

    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, hotplug2, libubox and ubus. It watches configuration files to start or restart services and init...

    8 procd alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • OpenWrt

    procd VS nosh

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  11.  1 like

    Chaperone is a lightweight alternative to process environment managers like systemd or upstart. Chaperone provides an extensive feature set, including dependency-based startup, syslog logging, zombie harvesting, and job scheduling.

    10 Chaperone Process Manager alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python

    Chaperone Process Manager Features

    1. Docker icon  Support for Docker

    Chaperone Process Manager VS nosh

    Is this a good alternative to nosh?
     
    • Chaperone Process Manager is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to nosh.

    • Chaperone Process Manager is Free and Open Sourcenosh is Free and Proprietary
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