Daemontools
| daemontools | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Daniel J. Bernstein | 
| Stable release | 0.76
   / July 12, 2001 | 
| Written in | C | 
| Operating system | Linux, BSD, Unix | 
| Type | Init daemon | 
| License | Public domain software | 
| Website | cr | 
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, and daemontools-encore.