daemontools ☆
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Description:
Collection of tools for managing UNIX services
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.76@2  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: System utilities
Tags: service-management supervision daemon sysadmin unix-tools
Install: brew install daemontools
About:
Daemontools is a collection of low-level UNIX utilities for service management, originally created by Daniel J. Bernstein. It provides robust process supervision, logging, and service initialization, designed for reliability and simplicity in production environments.
Key Features:
  • Supervise monitors and automatically restarts services if they fail
  • Svc controls service state (start, stop, restart)
  • Multilog provides reliable logging with automatic rotation
  • Readproctree and other utilities for process management
  • Designed for minimal overhead and maximum reliability
Use Cases:
  • Supervising critical system services and daemons
  • Building reliable service infrastructure for servers
  • Managing long-running processes with automatic restart
  • Implementing robust logging for services
Alternatives:
  • systemd – Modern init system with integrated service management, more feature-rich but complex
  • runit – Similar process supervision design, actively maintained alternative
  • s6 – Skarnet's supervision suite with more modern features
License: LicenseRef-Homebrew-public-domain
Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
Important Notes:
Services are stored in:
  $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/service/
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Oct 15, 2025 5:02pm 2 VERSION_BUMP ba365163
Sep 11, 2025 5:30am 2 VERSION_BUMP b73dd91b
Sep 11, 2024 10:58pm 2 VERSION_BUMP 7a925e8f
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