7 Like systemd Good alternative? YES NO 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
4 Like sysvinit Good alternative? YES NO 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 OpenRC Good alternative? YES NO 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%... Free Open Source Linux BSD Lightweight Add a feature
3 Like perp Good alternative? YES NO The perp package provides a set of daemons and utilities to reliably start, monitor, log, and control a collection of persistent processes. Free Open Source Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
5 Like Upstart Good alternative? YES NO 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
2 Like nosh Good alternative? YES NO 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 Supervisor Good alternative? YES NO 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
1 Like finit Good alternative? YES NO 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 uselessd Good alternative? YES NO uselessd (the useless daemon, or the daemon that uses less... depending on your viewpoint) is a project to reduce systemd to a base initd and process supervisor, while... Free Open Source Linux BSD No features added Add a feature
1 Like faster Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Linux No features added Add a feature
1 Like Chaperone Process Manager Alternative? YES NO Chaperone is a lightweight alternative to process environment managers like systemd or upstart. Chaperone provides an extensive feature set, including dependency-based... Free Open Source Linux Self-Hosted Python Support for Docker Add a feature
