kirillkovalenko/nssm
Non-Sucking Service Manager observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4884
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2153
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1169 stars · 169 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
NSSM (Non-Sucking Service Manager) is a Windows service helper that wraps any application as an NT service and automatically restarts it if it crashes or exits. It includes both a command-line interface and a graphical installer for creating, configuring, and removing services, with logging to the Windows Event Log.
Use cases
- run any executable as a windows service
- keep a crashed service running by restarting it automatically
- install a node or python app as an nt service
- wrap a console application as a windows service with graceful shutdown
- configure service restart behavior and process priority
- redirect a service's stdout and stderr to files
- manage existing windows services from the command line
When to choose
- you need to run a non-service executable as a reliable Windows service
- you want automatic restart of a failing application with configurable throttling and exit-code actions
- you need a GUI or CLI to install, configure, and remove Windows services
- you want I/O redirection, environment variables, and process priority control for a wrapped service
When to avoid
- your application is already a native Windows service with its own recovery options
- you are targeting Linux or macOS where systemd or launchd are the standard supervisors
- you need container-native or Kubernetes-based process supervision
- you require actively developed features, as the project has seen no releases since 2020
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
deployment monitoring developer-tools workflow-automation logging windows self-hosted developer-tools windows cli windows-service service-wrapper nt-service service-monitoring process-supervision srvany-alternative service-installer event-log process-restart gui-installer devops automation
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/kirillkovalenko/nssm · fetched 2026-08-28 · 49d084225321
- homepage: https://nssm.cc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9d25f08b0eb1
- site_page: https://nssm.cc/v3 · fetched 2026-08-29 · d1bdd146ac4d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| kirillkovalenko/nssm | main | 32 |
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