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forever vs nodemon: What are the differences?

forever: A simple CLI tool. It is a simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given script runs continuously. It is used to keep the server alive even when the server crash/stops. When the server is stopped because of some error, exception, etc.it automatically restarts it; nodemon: A simple monitor script for use during development of a node.js app. It is an open source utility that will monitor for any changes in your source and automatically restart your server. It has a default support for node & coffeescript, but easy to run any executable (such as python, make, etc).

forever and nodemon are primarily classified as "Node.js Process Manager" and "node.js Application Monitoring" tools respectively.

forever and nodemon are both open source tools. nodemon with 18.7K GitHub stars and 1.24K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than forever with 12.5K GitHub stars and 906 GitHub forks.

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What is forever?

It is a simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given script runs continuously. It is used to keep the server alive even when the server crash/stops. When the server is stopped because of some error, exception, etc.it automatically restarts it.

What is nodemon?

It is an open source utility that will monitor for any changes in your source and automatically restart your server. It has a default support for node & coffeescript, but easy to run any executable (such as python, make, etc).

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PM2

Production process manager for Node.js apps with a built-in load balancer

Infinity

it is a flexible project management tool where you can organize your projects, structure your workflow, create tasklists, store files, make notes, while keeping your team communication in sync. It lets you create your own organization however you want. By giving users flexibility and capacity, Infinity helps teams to create process, track progress and make smarter decisions.

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.

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