Awesome Anti-Systemd

Init Systems and Process Supervisors

• sysvinit - the original init
• OpenRC - a dependency-based init system
  • openrc-init - a sysvinit replacement
• s6 - a daemontools-inspired process supervisor
  • s6-linux-init - s6-based Linux init system
  • s6-rc - service manager
  • s6-overlay - integrates s6 with Docker images
  • 66-tools - a suite of s6 helpers made by the creators of the Obarun distribution
• runit - a minimalistic daemontools-inspired process supervisor
• Upstart - an init replacement for sysvinit made by Canonical
• GNU Shepherd - init system and service manager made by GNU, intended for GNU/Hurd and GNU/Guix

Distros

Linux distributions that offer alternatives to systemd.

Debian-based

• Devuan

Gentoo-based

• Gentoo
  • Gentoo currently supports systemd and openrc
• Funtoo
  • Funtoo does not plan on supporting systemd and actively avoids it Link

Arch-based

• Artix
  • Supports OpenRC, runit and s6
• Obarun
  • Supports s6, along with their own s6 wrapper, 66-tools, that provides a systemd-like experience
• Parabola
• Hyperbola

Other

• Void
• Guix
• Alpine
• Slackware

Articles

• systemd, 10 years later: a historical and technical retrospective
• Comparison of init systems
• suckless
• Where I stand on Systemd

Repositories

• https://github.com/dantrell/gentoo-project-gnome-without-systemd

Websites

• nosystemd.org