OpenRC
| OpenRC | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Roy Marples |
| Developer(s) | OpenRC Developers |
| Initial release | 5 April 2007 |
| Stable release | 0.62.3
/ 11 June 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, Shell |
| Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD |
| Size | ~1.6 MB |
| Type | Init daemon |
| License | 2-clause BSD license |
| Website | wiki |
OpenRC is a dependency-based init system for Unix-like computer operating systems. It was created by Roy Marples, a NetBSD developer who was also active in the Gentoo project. It became more broadly adopted as an init system outside of Gentoo following the decision by some Linux distributions not to adopt systemd.