# kirillkovalenko/nssm

Non-Sucking Service Manager

Repository: https://github.com/kirillkovalenko/nssm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nssm
Homepage: https://nssm.cc
Language: C++
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-10-10T08:32:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4884, "days_push": 2153, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1169, forks 169 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:51.032955+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: deployment, monitoring, developer-tools, workflow-automation, logging
- domain: windows, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: windows-service, service-wrapper, nt-service, service-monitoring, process-supervision, srvany-alternative, service-installer, event-log, process-restart, gui-installer, devops, automation

## Member repositories
- kirillkovalenko/nssm (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.032955+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 2026-08-30T06:28:42.333696+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kirillkovalenko/nssm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:51.032955+00:00, sha 49d084225321)
  - homepage: https://nssm.cc (fetched 2026-08-29T12:35:33.453355+00:00, sha 9d25f08b0eb1)
  - site_page: https://nssm.cc/v3 (fetched 2026-08-29T12:35:33.464508+00:00, sha d1bdd146ac4d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.