Nitro: Tiny but Flexible Init System and Process Supervisor

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The HN community shares a GitHub project for Nitro, a lightweight init system and process supervisor, with generally positive reception and discussion around its features and comparisons to other similar tools.

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milsebg

3 months ago

That's pretty cool and looks way less complex than s6.

Unlike s6, it does not seem to support dependencies, or did I miss something. How is it supposed to start services in the right order?

yjftsjthsd-h

3 months ago

Alright, kudos. I was going to ask "why this when systemd/runit/dinit exist", but the "Benefits over other systems" section is actually quite compelling. Feels a little like if someone read the docs for runit and then decided to write something a little better. Would like to see a fully worked example, whether in the form of an Alpine container that boots on this, or an Alpine/NetBSD VM that boots from it.

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