# petruisfan/node-supervisor

Repository: https://github.com/petruisfan/node-supervisor
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-supervisor
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-09-13T10:28:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6051, "days_push": 2546, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3721, forks 259 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:15.508707+00:00)

## What it is
node-supervisor is a supervisor script for Node.js that runs your program and automatically restarts it when it crashes or when watched JavaScript files change. It provides hot-reload-ish development behavior without requiring a new module system or manual cleanup.

## Use cases
- auto-restart node app on file change
- restart nodejs program when it crashes
- hot reload during node development
- watch js files and reload server
- keep node process running after crash
- supervise node scripts in development

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, simple file-watching restart tool for Node.js development
- you need automatic process restart on crash with minimal configuration
- you're working on older Node.js projects where supervisor is already the convention

## When to avoid
- you need production-grade process management with clustering, log management, or remote monitoring (use PM2 instead)
- you want modern hot module replacement with full state preservation (use nodemon with ts-node/webpack HMR or vite)
- you need active maintenance and recent updates - the project hasn't released since 2019

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, cli, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, backend
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: process-supervisor, hot-reload, file-watching, nodejs-development, auto-restart, nodejs

## Member repositories
- petruisfan/node-supervisor (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.508707+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:29:19.825445+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/petruisfan/node-supervisor (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.508707+00:00, sha 525caa35d5ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.