WinSW Alternatives

WinSW is described as 'Winsw - A wrapper executable that can be used to host any executable as an Windows service, in a liberal license' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are seven alternatives to WinSW for Windows. The best WinSW alternative is NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinSW are Always Up, Shawl, Run as Service and FireDaemon.

WinSW iconWinSW
  2
  • Free • Open Source
  • ...

winsw - A wrapper executable that can be used to host any executable as an Windows service, in a liberal license

More about WinSW
More about WinSW
WinSW alternatives page was last updated Feb 6, 2022
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
  1. NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager icon

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager

     21 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    9 NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Environment tab
    Discontinued

    Last release is from 2014, and last pre-release is from 2017, but it can still be downloaded from the official website.

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Run as a Service

    NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager VS WinSW

     

    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is the most popular Windows alternative to WinSW.

    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WinSW.

    • NSSM - The Non-Sucking Service Manager is Free and Open SourceWinSW is also Free and Open Source
  2. Always Up icon

    Always Up

     6 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    8 Always Up alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    AlwaysUp Overview

    Always Up Features

    1.  Run as a Service

    Always Up VS WinSW

     
    Comments about Always Up as an Alternative to WinSW
    danielplatteau
    Positive •Feb 6, 2022
    0

    Always Up is working well, I'm using it to be sure that onedrive is working even the session is closed.

    WinSW Icon
    Always Up icon

    • Always Up is the most popular commercial alternative to WinSW.

    • Always Up is Paid and ProprietaryWinSW is Free and Open Source
  4. Shawl icon

    Shawl

     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Shawl is a wrapper for running arbitrary programs as Windows services, written in Rust. It handles the Windows service API for you so that your program only needs to respond to ctrl-C/SIGINT. If you're creating a project that needs to run as a service, simply bundle Shawl...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Shawl screenshot 1

    Shawl Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Run as a Service
    3.  Rust

    Shawl VS WinSW

     

  5. Run as Service

     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Run as Service VS WinSW

     
  6. FireDaemon icon

    FireDaemon

     5 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    FireDaemon runs any application program executable or script as a Windows service when your computer starts up restarting it the application crashes or fails.

    7 FireDaemon alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Windows
    FireDaemon screenshot 1

    FireDaemon Features

    1.  Run as a Service

    FireDaemon VS WinSW

     
  7. Application as Service icon

    Application as Service

     3 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Application as Service is an advanced system tool which lets you run any application as Windows Service. You can easily configure Application as Service using its intuitive GUI interface or command line configurator directly from your software.

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Application as Service screenshot 1
    Warning

    The site eltima.com and Eltima Software have a BAD reputation on WOT about spamming. You can see the comments on http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/eltima.com

    Application as Service Features

    1.  Run as a Service

    Application as Service VS WinSW

     
  9. Daemon Master icon

    Daemon Master

     2 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Daemon Master is a software which makes it possible to create and manage a Windows-service from any program. (Alpha)

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Daemon Master screenshot 1

    Daemon Master Features

    1.  Root required
    2.  Run as a Service

    Daemon Master VS WinSW

     
7 of 7 WinSW alternatives