Deamon Pal
Professional-grade lightweight process management for developers and system administrators
Why Choose Deamon Pal?
Lightweight and Fast
Minimal resource footprint with optimized C language implementation for maximum performance.
User-Space Operation
No root privileges required. Isolated from system process managers for enhanced security.
Flexible Configuration
Human-readable INI format with restart policies, log rotation, and environment variable config.
Process Monitoring
Real-time state tracking, health checks, output logging, and automatic restarts.
Developer API
Includes C library for programmatic integration in your applications.
POSIX Compatible
Cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, BSD, and other Unix-like systems.
One Binary, Two Operation Modes
Deamon Pal operates in two modes: (1) As a control process that manages other processes, and (2) as a command executor that sends instructions to the running controller.
Control Process Mode
Acts as a daemon managing process lifecycles.
Command Executor Mode
Sends commands to modify running processes.
Quick Start
Perfect for Your Use Case
System Administration
- Microservice orchestration and management.
- Development environment automation.
- Embedded system process control.
Development and DevOps
- DevOps pipeline supervision.
- Application-embedded (sub)process management.
- Alternative to systemd for specific use cases.
Technical Specifications
Language
C99
License
AGPL v3 or Commercial
Version
1.2.0
Platform
Any POSIX-compatible
Dependencies
Standard C library
Memory
Approx. 1024kB
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