Daemontools

Software

daemontools
Original author(s)	Daniel J. Bernstein

Stable release	0.76 / July 12, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-07-12)^[1]

Written in	C
Operating system	Linux,^[2] BSD, Unix
Type	Init daemon
License	Public domain software^[3]
Website	cr.yp.to/daemontools.html

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.

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]

References

^ Bernstein, Daniel (2001-07-12). "How to install daemontools". cr.yp.to. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
^ "Tech Tip: Run services in Linux using daemontools". techrepublic.com. TechRepublic. 2004-08-12. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^ Bernstein, Daniel. "Frequently asked questions from distributors". cr.yp.to. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
^ An overview of s6
^ daemontools-encore