Software:S6 (software)

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s6
Original author(s)Laurent Bercot
Initial release5 December 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-05)[1]
Stable release
v2.11.1.0[2] / 8 March 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-08)
Repositorys6 git repository, Github
Written inC, Shell script
Operating systemLinux, Unix-like
Included withSome Linux distributions
Size2.15.9 KiB (tar.gz compressed), 899.0 KiB (uncompressed) (As of version 2.11.1.0, sizes may differ for you)
TypeInit daemon, Process supervision
LicenseISC license
Websitehttps://skarnet.org/software/s6/

s6 is a collection of programs for UNIX,[3] designed for process supervision, init replacment, among various other utilities and programs[note 1][4]

Usage

Adoption

s6 is the default init system for Obarun, with 66 as service management. s6 is also available for Artix Linux.

66 (suite66)

Sixty-six (also written: 66, also known as: suite66) is a collection of tools built around s6 and s6-rc[5]


Notes

  1. See the s6 homepage for a list of s6 commands, utilites and programs.

See also

References