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
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
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
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... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature 1 Like
