{{Short description|Software}} {{Lowercase title}} {{For|the Windows disk image emulator software|Daemon Tools}} {{Infobox software | name = daemontools | author = Daniel J. Bernstein | latest release version = 0.76 | latest release date = {{Start date and age|2001|07|12}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cr.yp.to/daemontools/install.html |title=How to install daemontools |last1=Bernstein |first1=Daniel |date=2001-07-12 |website=cr.yp.to |access-date=2013-12-12}}</ref> | programming language = C | operating system = Linux,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/tech-tip-run-services-in-linux-using-daemontools/ |title=Tech Tip: Run services in Linux using daemontools |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2004-08-12 |website=techrepublic.com |publisher=TechRepublic |access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> BSD, Unix | genre = Init daemon | license = Public domain software<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html |title=Frequently asked questions from distributors |last1=Bernstein |first1=Daniel |website=cr.yp.to |access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref> }} '''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,<ref>[https://www.skarnet.org/software/s6/overview.html An overview of s6]</ref> and daemontools-encore.<ref>[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Daemontools-encore daemontools-encore]</ref>
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==External links== * [http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html Official daemontools website], maintained by the author
{{Service management in Unix}}
Category:Public-domain software with source code Category:Unix process- and task-management-related software
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