runitWhat is runit?
It 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.
runit is a tool in the Background Jobs category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Cross-platformService supervisionEasily be adapted to other Unix operating systems
runit Pros & Cons
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runit Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to runit?
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.
