systemd is the most popular Linux alternative to procd.
systemd is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to procd.
- systemd is Free and Open Source
procd Alternatives
procd is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to procd for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, FreeBSD, Docker and DragonFly BSD apps. The best procd alternative is systemd, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like procd are OpenRC, Launchd, Supervisor and sysvinit.
Alternatives list
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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- 10 Launchd alternatives
a free system array created by Apple inc. For BSD - including macOS as macOS is based on the Darwin kernel of BSD
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- BSD
- PC-BSD
- FreeBSD
- DragonFly BSD
- FreeNAS
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
Launchd is the most popular Mac alternative to procd.
- Launchd is Free and Open Source
- 12 Supervisor alternatives
Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD



The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of the system.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
The nosh package is a suite of system-level utilities for initializing and running a BSD or Linux system, and for managing daemons.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux

Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Docker
- BSD
- FreeBSD
hummingbird is an init system designed for speed. It does nothing more than start the system and stop the system by default. There are three main "runlevels", fs which is called directly after the pseudo filesystems necessary for the system to run have been mounted...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Linux












