OpenRC Alternatives

OpenRC is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to OpenRC for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, PC-BSD and FreeBSD. The best alternative is systemd, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenRC are runit, Launchd, s6 and sysvinit.

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systemd
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Free • Open Source
Linux
15 alternatives to 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' dependencies, allow more work to be done concurrently at system startup, and to reduce shell overhead.
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runit
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13 alternatives to 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 can easily be adapted to other Unix operating systems.

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Launchd
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BSD
PC-BSD
FreeBSD
DragonFly BSD
FreeNAS
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OpenBSD
9 alternatives to Launchd
a free system array created by Apple inc. For BSD - including macOS as macOS is based on the Darwin kernel of BSD
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s6
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Free • Open Source
Linux
BSD
8 alternatives to s6
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.
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1. Portables6 can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Lightweights6 consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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Multi-threaded architecture
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sysvinit
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Free • Open Source
Linux
11 alternatives to sysvinit
The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of the system.
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1. Portablesysvinit can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Lightweightsysvinit consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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nosh
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Free • Proprietary
Linux
BSD
11 alternatives to nosh
The nosh package is a suite of system-level utilities for initializing and running a BSD or Linux system, and for managing daemons.

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finit
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Free • Open Source
Linux
11 alternatives to finit
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.

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systemE
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Free • Open Source
Linux
13 alternatives to systemE
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.

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procd
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Free • Open Source
Linux
OpenWrt
8 alternatives to 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, hotplug2, libubox and ubus. It watches configuration files to start or restart services and init scripts

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Supervisor
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Free • Open Source
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BSD
11 alternatives to Supervisor
Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.

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