Daemontools
Software
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daemontools is a process supervision toolkit written by Daniel J. Bernstein as an alternative to other system initialization and process supervision tools, such as Init.
Stable release
0.76
/ July 12, 2001[1]
Written inC
| daemontools | |
|---|---|
| Original author | Daniel J. Bernstein |
| Stable release | 0.76
/ July 12, 2001[1] |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux,[2] BSD, Unix |
| Type | Init daemon |
| License | Public domain software[3] |
| Website | cr |
Some of the features of daemontools are:
- Easy service installation and removal
- Easy first-time service startup
- Reliable restarts
- Easy, reliable signalling
- Clean process state
- Portability
Similar applications are runit, s6,[4] and daemontools-encore.[5]
