What 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 Processing category of a tech stack.
Who uses runit?
Developers
4 developers on StackShare have stated that they use runit.
runit Integrations
Ubuntu, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and Gentoo Linux are some of the popular tools that integrate with runit. Here's a list of all 6 tools that integrate with runit.
runit's Features
- Cross-platform
- Service supervision
- Easily be adapted to other Unix operating systems
runit Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to runit?
Supervisord
It allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems. It shares some of the same goals of programs like launchd, daemontools, and runit. it is meant to be used to control processes related to a project or a customer, and is meant to start like any other program at boot time.
Monit
It can monitor and manage distributed computer systems, conduct automatic maintenance and repair and execute meaningful causal actions in error situations.
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
