Bootchart Alternatives

Bootchart is described as 'Tool for performance analysd visualization of the GNU/Linux boot process. It shows your boot behaviour including login as a PNG graphic and lets your analize possible bottlenecks. Resource utilization and process information are collected during the boot' and is an app. There are four alternatives to Bootchart for Windows and Linux. The best Bootchart alternative is systemd, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Bootchart are BootVis, systemE and BootLogXP.

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  1. systemd icon

    systemd

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    systemd is a suite of basic building blocks for a Linux system. It provides a system and service manager that runs as PID 1 and starts the rest of the system.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    BootVis

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    BootVis is a computer application that allows PC manufacturers to check how long a Windows XP machine takes to boot, and then to optimize the boot process, sometimes considerably reducing the time required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window
     
  4. systemE icon

    systemE

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    Using the tooling in this repo, I am able to boot from linux to sinit as PID1, and from there to Emacs acting as PID2 using --script mode, performing all typical rc.boot system initialization using Emacs lisp until we hit the getty.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    BootLogXP

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    Boot Log XP is used to search for troubleshooting Windows boot-up problems in Windows XP.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main Window
     
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