Servy

What is Servy?

Servy lets you run any app as a native Windows service with full control over the working directory, startup type, process priority, logging, health checks, environment variables, dependencies, pre-launch and post-launch hooks, pre-stop and post-stop hooks, and parameters. It's designed to be a full-featured alternative to NSSM, WinSW, and FireDaemon Pro.

Servy is digitally signed using a trusted code-signing certificate provided by the SignPath Foundation. This ensures that all Servy executables and installers are verified and secure, giving you peace of mind when using the tool.

Servy offers a desktop app, a CLI, and a PowerShell module that let you create, configure, and manage Windows services interactively or through scripts and CI/CD pipelines. It also includes a Manager app for easily monitoring and managing all installed services in real time. The service dependency tree visualization is the cherry on top for enterprise users who manage complex stacks where the order of failure matters.

If you've ever struggled with the built-in sc.exe tool or found NSSM lacking in features or UI, Servy might be exactly what you need. It addresses those limitations, including the ability to set a custom working directory so apps behave exactly as if launched from a shortcut or command prompt.

Servy continuously monitors your app, restarting it automatically if it crashes, hangs, or stops. It is perfect for keeping non-service apps running in the background and ensuring they start automatically at system boot, even before logon, without rewriting them as services. Use it to run Node.js, Python, .NET, Java, Go, Rust, PHP, or Ruby applications; keep web servers, background workers, sync tools, or daemons alive after reboots; and automate task runners, schedulers, or scripts in production with built-in health checks, logging, and restart policies.

Features

• Run any app as a Windows service with the desktop app, CLI, or PowerShell module
• Reliable auto restart that recovers from crashes, hangs, and failures
• Full process control including working directory, priority, parameters, and environment variables
• Support for Local System, local users, domain users, Active Directory accounts, and gMSAs
• Pre-launch and post-launch hooks for scripts or commands with logging and timeout handling
• Pre-stop and post-stop hooks before the application stops and after the application stops
• Real-time CPU and RAM monitoring with live performance graphs for installed services
• Real-time service stdout and stderr output preview in Servy Console
• Service dependency tree visualization with status indicators
• Logging for stdout and stderr with automatic size-based and date-based rotations
• Safe termination with Ctrl+C support, graceful close, or force kill
• Supports Ctrl+C propagation to descendant processes of the wrapped process
• Prevent orphaned/zombie processes with improved lifecycle management and ensuring resource cleanup
• Health checks for detecting failures and restarting automatically
• Environment variable expansion supported in parameters, process paths, and startup directories
• Service Event Notification alerts on service failures via Windows notifications and email
• Export and import service configurations for easy backups and automation

Demo Video

Getting Started

You have two options to install Servy. Download and Install manually or use a package manager such as WinGet, Chocolatey, or Scoop.

Make sure you have WinGet, Chocolatey, or Scoop installed.

Run one of the following commands as administrator from Command Prompt or PowerShell:

WinGet

winget install servy

Chocolatey

choco install -y servy

Scoop

scoop bucket add extras
scoop update innounp
scoop install servy

Quick Links

• Download
• Installation Guide
• Overview
• Usage
• FAQ
• Full Documentation

Support & Contributing

Servy is free and open-source. If you are using this tool in a commercial or revenue-generating context, or if you find it valuable, we strongly encourage you to give back to the project. You can support the project through GitHub Sponsors (one-time or monthly), PayPal, or Buy Me a Coffee.

Open-source software requires time, effort, and resources to maintain. Every contribution, big or small, makes a difference and motivates continued work on features, bug fixes, and new ideas.

If you have suggestions, issues, or would like to contribute, feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to SignPath for providing a free code signing service, and to the SignPath Foundation for supplying a free code signing certificate.

Thanks to JetBrains for providing an open-source license for their tools. Their software made it much easier to profile, debug, and optimize Servy, helping improve its performance and stability. Having access to these professional tools really made a difference during development and saved a lot of time.

Special thanks to everyone who tested Servy, reported issues, and suggested improvements on GitHub and Reddit. Your feedback and contributions have shaped the project and made it better with every release.