PM2 Alternatives

PM2 is described as 'Advanced process manager for production Node.js applications. Load balancer, logs facility, startup script, micro service management, at a glance' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are four alternatives to PM2 for Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac and BSD. The best PM2 alternative is Supervisor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PM2 are Phusion Passenger, Reflex and nodemon.

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  1. Supervisor icon

    Supervisor

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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.

    12 Supervisor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • Supervisor is the most popular Linux alternative to PM2.

    • Supervisor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PM2.

    • Supervisor is Free and Open SourcePM2 is Freemium and Open Source
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    Phusion Passenger

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    Passenger® is an app server that runs and automanages your web apps with ease. Also improves security, reliability and scalability.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     

    • Phusion Passenger is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to PM2.

    • Phusion Passenger is Freemium and Open SourcePM2 is also Freemium and Open Source

  4. Reflex

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    Reflex is a small tool to watch a directory and rerun a command when certain files change. It's great for automatically running compile/lint/test tasks and for reloading your application when the code changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     

    • Reflex is the most popular Mac alternative to PM2.

    • Reflex is Free and Open SourcePM2 is Freemium and Open Source
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    nodemon

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    nodemon is a tool that helps develop node.js based applications by automatically restarting the node application when file changes in the directory are detected.

    nodemon does not require any additional changes to your code or method of development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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