# coreybutler/node-windows

Windows support for Node.JS scripts (daemons, eventlog, UAC, etc).

Repository: https://github.com/coreybutler/node-windows
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-windows
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: daemon, node-windows, nodejs, windows, background
Last push: 2024-10-01T21:28:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4978, "days_push": 701, "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 2936, forks 368 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.837886+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library for running Node scripts as native Windows background services, with event log integration and elevated-privilege helpers. It is aimed at production deployment of Node applications on Windows rather than development.

## Use cases
- install a node script as a windows service
- run node app in background on windows
- write to windows event log from node
- run a command with elevated privileges from node
- kill a windows task by pid from node

## When to choose
- you need to deploy a Node.js app as a production Windows service
- you need Windows event logging or UAC elevation from Node

## When to avoid
- you need service support on Linux or macOS
- you are looking for a development-time process manager like nodemon

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, logging, cli
- domain: developer-tools, windows, backend
- platform: windows
- tags: windows-service, daemon, event-log, uac, sudo, process-management, nodejs

## Member repositories
- coreybutler/node-windows (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.837886+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 2026-08-30T07:33:09.472397+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/coreybutler/node-windows (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.837886+00:00, sha 7a256cecd1d8)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/node-windows (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:37.405092+00:00, sha 836c674ad843)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.