runit Alternatives

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

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  1. systemd icon

    systemd

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    systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It provides a system and service manager that runs as PID 1 and starts the rest of the system.

    Cost / License

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    • Linux
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    • systemd is the most popular Linux alternative to runit.

    • systemd is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to runit.

    • systemd is Free and Open Sourcerunit is also Free and Open Source

  2. OpenRC

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    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
     
  4. Launchd icon

    Launchd

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    a free system array created by Apple inc. For BSD - including macOS as macOS is based on the Darwin kernel of BSD

    10 Launchd alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • BSD
    • PC-BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
    • FreeNAS
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     

    • Launchd is the most popular Mac alternative to runit.

    • Launchd is Free and Open Sourcerunit is also Free and Open Source

  5. s6

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     

  6. perp

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    The perp package provides a set of daemons and utilities to reliably start, monitor, log, and control a collection of persistent processes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. 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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  9. Chaperone Process Manager

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    Chaperone is a lightweight alternative to process environment managers like systemd or upstart. Chaperone provides an extensive feature set, including dependency-based startup, syslog logging, zombie harvesting, and job scheduling.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     

    • Chaperone Process Manager is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to runit.

    • Chaperone Process Manager is Free and Open Sourcerunit is also Free and Open Source
  10. sysvinit icon

    sysvinit

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    The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of the system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  11. nosh

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    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
     

  12. finit

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    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
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  13. systemE icon

    systemE

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    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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    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  14. faster

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    Faster is a very little init script aimed at Linux power-users and geek stuff oriented people. It is not industrial strength and does not comply with any other buzzwords. What it really does well is providing much better daemon handling (by means of a daemon manager e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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