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GNU Shepherd

https://www.gnu.org/software/shepherd/
System service manager

The GNU Shepherd is a daemon-managing daemon, meaning that it supervises the execution of system services, replacing similar functionality found in typical init systems. It provides dependency-handling through a convenient interface and is based on GNU Guile.

Shepherd may also be used by unprivileged users to manage per-user daemons (e.g., tor, privoxy, mcron, etc.).

This is a GNU package:shepherd

Download

https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/shepherd-1.0.3.tar.gz

version 1.0.3 (stable)
released on 19 March 2025

OpenPGP signature URL: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/shepherd-1.0.3.tar.gz.sig

VCS Checkout

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

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Interface:daemon
• 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

Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

License

GPLv3orlater

Verified by

craigt

Verified on

21 March 2025

Notes

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/shepherd.git/tree/COPYING

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Ludovic Courtès	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
Guix-devel Info Page	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guix-devel/
Savannah (Ref)	Homepage	https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/shepherd/
Savannah	VCS Repository Webview	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=shepherd.git
Debian (Ref)		https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/shepherd
FTP	Download	https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/
Savannah	VCS Repository Webview	https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/shepherd.git/
FTP	Download	https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shepherd/
bug-Guix Info Page	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guix/
Wikidata	General	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21194368
gnu-system-discuss Info Page	Mailing List	https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
Translation Project	General	https://translationproject.org/domain/shepherd.html

Software prerequisites

Kind	Description
Source requirement	GNU Guile version 2.0.13 or later
Source requirement	Fibers
Required to build	GNU Make

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 19 March 2025.

Version comment

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-03/msg00010.html

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