Run any executable as a native Windows service with automatic restarts, health checks, and real-time management.
Servy is a Windows service manager that allows you to run any executable as a native Windows service without modifying the application. It provides automatic restarts, health checks, logging, and real-time monitoring to keep applications running reliably in the background, even after system reboots. It solves the problem of converting non-service applications into managed services with minimal configuration.
Windows system administrators, DevOps engineers, and developers who need to run applications like Node.js servers, Python scripts, Java apps, or background workers as persistent services with professional management features.
Developers choose Servy for its comprehensive feature set, including advanced lifecycle hooks, real-time monitoring, and multi-interface management (GUI, CLI, PowerShell), all as a free and open-source alternative to commercial tools like FireDaemon Pro.
Run Any App as a Native Windows Service - Modern Alternative to NSSM, WinSW & FireDaemon Pro
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Supports pre-launch, post-launch, pre-stop, and post-stop hooks with retries, timeout, and logging, enabling complex startup and shutdown sequences without modifying the application.
Provides continuous health checks, automatic restarts on crashes or hangs, and real-time CPU/RAM monitoring with performance graphs, ensuring high availability for critical services.
Offers a desktop GUI, CLI, and PowerShell module, catering to interactive use, scripting, and CI/CD automation, as highlighted in the README's examples and quick links.
Runs services as Local System, local/domain accounts, Active Directory accounts, or gMSAs, with digitally signed executables from SignPath, enhancing security in enterprise environments.
Exclusively supports Windows 7-11 and Server editions, making it unusable for cross-platform or Linux-based deployments, a significant limitation in heterogeneous infrastructures.
With advanced hooks, logging rotation, and dependency management, it can be overly complex for straightforward applications that only need basic background execution, adding unnecessary configuration overhead.
Requires understanding Windows service concepts, PowerShell/CLI syntax, and hook configurations, which might deter users familiar with simpler tools like NSSM or built-in Windows service commands.
Servy is an open-source alternative to the following products:
FireDaemon Pro is a Windows service wrapper that allows applications to run as Windows services, providing management and monitoring features.
WinSW is a Windows service wrapper that allows any executable to be run as a Windows service, providing service management capabilities.