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GNU Shepherd

https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/
Service manager replacement for SysV-init

GNU Shepherd is an init system used to start, stop and manage daemons. It provides a replacement for the service-managing capabilities of SysV init (or any other init) with a powerful dependency-based system with a convenient interface. Shepherd may also be used by unprivileged users to manage per-user daemons (e.g., tor, privoxy, mcron, etc.). It is written in Guile and is configured and extended using Guile.

Documentation

https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/manual/

This is a GNU package:shepherd

Download

https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/shepherd-0.4.0.tar.gz

version 0.4.0 (alpha)
released on 22 March 2018

User level

Beginner

Donate link

https://my.fsf.org/donate

Accepts cryptocurrency donations.

Paid support

https://www.fsf.org/resources/service

VCS Checkout

git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/shepherd.git

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Program-build-automation:make-related
• Programming-language:guile
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Runs-on:GNU/Hurd
• System-administration:configuration
• System-administration:monitor
• Use:system-administration

Related Projects

• Daemontools
• Rc.d
• Simpleinit
• Minit
• Depinit
• Daemond
• Pinit
• Initng
• Launchd
• Einit
• Upstart
• Sysvinit
• Systemd
• Procd
• Openrc
• Epoch
• Sinit

Licensing

License

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Notes

License

License:GPLv3orlater

Verified by

Bendikker

Verified on

27 April 2018

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Ludovic Courtès	maintainer
Carlo Zancanaro	contributor

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Ruby (Ref)		https://rubygems.org/gems/shepherd
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel
Savannah (Ref)		https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/shepherd
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss
	VCS Repository Webview	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/shepherd.git
	Download	https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd
	General	https://translationproject.org/domain/shepherd.html
	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guix

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Required to use	Guile 2.x

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 28 June 2018.

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