systemd Alternatives
systemd is described as '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' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to systemd for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Mac, Self-Hosted and Python apps. The best systemd alternative is OpenRC, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like systemd are runit, Launchd, s6 and sysvinit.
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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...
OpenRC VS systemd
Is OpenRC a good alternative to systemd? - 7 likes13 runit alternatives
runit is a 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.
runit VS systemd
Is runit a good alternative to systemd?Comments about runit as an Alternative to systemd
Simple, stable, hasn't updated in years, and works.
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3 likes9 Launchd alternativesa free system array created by Apple inc. For BSD - including macOS as macOS is based on the Darwin kernel of BSD
Launchd VS systemd
Is Launchd a good alternative to systemd?- 4 likes8 s6 alternatives
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.
s6 VS systemd
Is s6 a good alternative to systemd?Comments about s6 as an Alternative to systemd
burnx50s6 is fully portable, properly modular, very small, and it has a moderate development pace - these things can't be said about systemd. Also s6 is a humble community project, it isn't developed by engineers from megacorporations :)
1Lazerbeak12345Reliable, multithreaded and sooooo fast.
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6 likes11 sysvinit alternativesThe Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of the system.
sysvinit VS systemd
Is sysvinit a good alternative to systemd?- 3 likes6 eudev alternatives
eudev is a fork of systemd with the aim of isolating udev from any particular flavor of system initialization. This is a project started by Gentoo developers to ensure udev remains system initialization and distribution neutral.
eudev VS systemd
Is eudev a good alternative to systemd?Comments about eudev as an Alternative to systemd
systemd is an init system. eudev is not.
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2 likes11 Supervisor alternativesSupervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.
Supervisor VS systemd
Is Supervisor a good alternative to systemd?- 3 likes11 nosh alternatives
The nosh package is a suite of system-level utilities for initializing and running a BSD or Linux system, and for managing daemons.
nosh VS systemd
Is nosh a good alternative to systemd? - 1 like4 Bootchart alternatives
Bootchart is a tool for performance analysis and visualization of the GNU/Linux boot process. It shows your boot behaviour including login as a PNG graphic and lets your analize possible bottlenecks. Resource utilization and process information are collected during the boot...
Bootchart VS systemd
Is Bootchart a good alternative to systemd?Comments about Bootchart as an Alternative to systemd
Bootchart is not an init system or service supervisor.
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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.
finit VS systemd
Is finit a good alternative to systemd? 
1 like13 systemE alternativesUsing 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.
systemE VS systemd
Is systemE a good alternative to systemd?- 1 like8 procd alternatives
procd is a 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...
procd VS systemd
Is procd a good alternative to systemd?
Comments about OpenRC as an Alternative to systemd
There is a long list of technical arguments for why OpenRC is better than systemd. Popularity wise systemd seems to win these days. But as we've seen over centuries popularity served us wrong many times. Even Upstart was better, pretty bad it faded away.