PM2 Alternatives

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   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.

   18 Supervisor alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   PM2 Processes

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   View and manage PM2 processes from VS Code and Cursor.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Process Monitoring

   Platforms

   • Visual Studio Code
   • Cursor

   

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   RunWisp

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   Single-binary crond + supervisord replacement with a built-in web dashboard, terminal UI, and REST API. Every run recorded - exit code, duration, stdout/stderr.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Uptime Monitor

   Origin

   • Slovakia
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Self-Hosted
   • Raspberry Pi
   • Docker

   • Slovakia
   • EU

   

   

   

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   BM2 - Bun Process Manager

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   A blazing-fast, full-featured process manager built entirely on Bun native APIs. The modern PM2 replacement — zero Node.js dependencies, pure Bun performance.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Process Management

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Windows
   • Docker
   • Mac

   

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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
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Self-Hosted

   

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   orkify

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   JavaScript process manager with built-in deployments, cache, support chat, monitoring, error tracking, and AI integration — run on your own infrastructure.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Software as a Service (SaaS)
   • Docker
   • Online
   • Kubernetes

   • United States

   

   

   

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   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

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    ProcBoss (Pboss)

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    A blazing-fast, universal production process manager built on Bun native APIs. Run, cluster, monitor, and manage any application — Node.js, Bun, Go, Python, Rust, Ruby, PHP, Java, native binaries, and shell scripts — with pure performance and zero overhead.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Process Management

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker

    

    

    

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    Command Book

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    Command Book is a native Swift/Swift UI app to help developers run and manage commands that traditionally have been run in the terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Terminal Emulator
    • Process Management

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

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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

    

    Good alternative?Is nodemon a good alternative to PM2?