Why use Servy?

Universal Access Run any app as a service via Desktop UI, CLI, or PowerShell.
Auto-Recovery Intelligent restarts that recover from crashes, hangs, and failures.
Full Process Control Granular management of directories, priorities, and environment variables.
Enterprise Auth Support for Local System, Active Directory, and gMSA accounts.
Lifecycle Hooks Pre and post-launch/stop scripts with built-in logging and timeouts.
Live Monitoring Real-time CPU and RAM graphs plus stdout/stderr output previews.
Graceful Shutdown Safe termination using Ctrl+C propagation to prevent zombie processes.
Health Checks Automated failure detection and instant alerts via Windows or email.
Visual Dependencies Interactive dependency trees and easy configuration exports.

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Getting Started

Download the latest release from GitHub or install via a package manager:

WinGet

winget install servy

Chocolatey

choco install -y servy

Scoop

scoop bucket add extras
scoop update innounp
scoop install servy

Quick Example

You can manage services using the desktop app (GUI), the CLI (servy-cli), or PowerShell.

Here's a minimal example using the CLI to turn a Node.js app into a Windows service:

servy-cli install `
--name="MyService" `
--path="C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" `
--startupDir="C:\MyServer" `
--params="C:\MyServer\server.js"

This creates a service named MyService that runs your Node.js server in the background and starts automatically with Windows.

Then start the service:

servy-cli start --name="MyService"

Explore more examples and recipes for Python, Java, Go, and other popular frameworks.

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Support & Contributing

Servy is free and open-source. If you are using it in a commercial or revenue-generating context, or simply find it valuable, consider supporting the project via GitHub Sponsors, 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.