systemd Alternatives

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   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

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   Guest

   Positive comment•Feb 27, 2017

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   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.

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   • OpenRC is Free and Open Sourcesystemd is also Free and Open Source
   • OpenRC is Lightweightsystemd is not according to our users
2. R

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   runit

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   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • BSD

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   Guest

   Positive comment•Feb 26, 2020

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   Simple, stable, hasn't updated in years, and works.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

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   • runit is Free and Open Sourcesystemd is also Free and Open Source
4. 

   

   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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

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

   

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5. S

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   s6

    4 likes

   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

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

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   burnx50

   Positive comment•May 25, 2020

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   s6 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 :)

   Lazerbeak12345

   Positive comment•Mar 15, 2023

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   Reliable, multithreaded and sooooo fast.

   

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   • s6 is Free and Open Sourcesystemd is also Free and Open Source
   • s6 is Minimalistic and Lightweightsystemd is not according to our users
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   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

   

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   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.

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   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   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

   • Virtualization

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Self-Hosted
   • Python

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    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

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11. F

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    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

    Origin

    • Sweden
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    systemE

     1 like

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    Bootchart

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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    Guest

    Negative comment•Nov 17, 2019

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    Bootchart is not an init system or service supervisor.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.

    

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    • Bootchart is Free and Open Sourcesystemd is also Free and Open Source
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    procd

     1 like

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • OpenWrt

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