servy is described as 'Servy lets you run any app as a native Windows service with full control over the working directory, startup type, process priority, CPU affinity, logging, health checks, environment variables, dependencies, pre-launch and post-launch hooks, pre-stop and post-stop hooks, and' and is an app. There are six alternatives to servy for Windows. The best servy alternative is SvcWatchDog, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like servy are NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager, WinSW, EXE to Service and Always Up.
SvcWatchDog is a lightweight and configurable Windows utility that lets you run any non-interactive application as a Windows service—without modifying your code or relying on external wrappers. It’s designed for developers, sysadmins, and automation enthusiasts who need reliable...
nssm is a service helper which doesn't suck. srvany and other service helper programs suck because they don't handle failure of the application running as a service. If you use such a program you may see a service listed as started when in fact the application has died.
winsw - A wrapper executable that can be used to host any executable as an Windows service, in a liberal license
EXE to Service is a utility that converts any executable (.exe) into a Windows service in just three clicks, enabling background operation and automatic, fault-tolerant execution. It features an intuitive GUI, JSON-based configuration management and custom action on crash.
AlwaysUp is the true set-it-and-forget-it way to run your mission-critical Windows application 24/7, unattended, starting it at boot and monitoring it to ensure that it is always running, even if it crashes, hangs, or fails.
This tool requires that .NET Framework 2.0 be already installed on your computer. If you do not have .NET Framework 2.0 this tool will display a message and not run. You probably already have the .NET Framework 2.
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