Porter by Anystack
What is Porter by Anystack?
It is a command-line interface (CLI) tool that makes it easy to run background services by adding a few lines to a configuration file. These services are managed by Supervisord, a process control system that ensures that all processes are kept up and running. With Porter, you don't have to manually start and manage background services in multiple terminal tabs.
Porter by Anystack is a tool in the Background Jobs category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Background process managementOpen-sourced software
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Porter by Anystack Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Porter by Anystack?
Sidekiq
Sidekiq uses threads to handle many jobs at the same time in the same process. It does not require Rails but will integrate tightly with Rails 3/4 to make background processing dead simple.
Hangfire
It is an open-source framework that helps you to create, process and manage your background jobs, i.e. operations you don't want to put in your request processing pipeline. It supports all kind of background tasks – short-running and long-running, CPU intensive and I/O intensive, one shot and recurrent.
Cron
Background-only application which launches and runs other applications, or opens documents, at specified dates and times.
