PM2 Alternatives

PM2 is described as 'Advanced process manager for production Node.js applications. Load balancer, logs facility, startup script, micro service management, at a glance' and is a process management tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to PM2 for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Self-Hosted and Docker apps. The best PM2 alternative is Supervisor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PM2 are PM2 Processes, RunWisp, BM2 - Bun Process Manager and Phusion Passenger.

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    Supervisor

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    Supervisor is a client/server system that allows its users to monitor and control a number of processes on UNIX-like operating systems.

    18 Supervisor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    PM2 Processes

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    View and manage PM2 processes from VS Code and Cursor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Visual Studio Code
    • Cursor
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    RunWisp

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    Single-binary crond + supervisord replacement with a built-in web dashboard, terminal UI, and REST API. Every run recorded - exit code, duration, stdout/stderr.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Docker
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  5. BM2 - Bun Process Manager icon

    BM2 - Bun Process Manager

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    A blazing-fast, full-featured process manager built entirely on Bun native APIs. The modern PM2 replacement — zero Node.js dependencies, pure Bun performance.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Docker
    • Mac
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    Phusion Passenger

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    Passenger® is an app server that runs and automanages your web apps with ease. Also improves security, reliability and scalability.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    orkify

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    JavaScript process manager with built-in deployments, cache, support chat, monitoring, error tracking, and AI integration — run on your own infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Docker
    • Online
    • Kubernetes
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    Reflex

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    Reflex is a small tool to watch a directory and rerun a command when certain files change. It's great for automatically running compile/lint/test tasks and for reloading your application when the code changes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. ProcBoss (Pboss) icon

    ProcBoss (Pboss)

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    A blazing-fast, universal production process manager built on Bun native APIs. Run, cluster, monitor, and manage any application — Node.js, Bun, Go, Python, Rust, Ruby, PHP, Java, native binaries, and shell scripts — with pure performance and zero overhead.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    ProcBoss (PBoss) ChatOps Feature, Control your processes from your pocket
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    Command Book

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    Command Book is a native Swift/Swift UI app to help developers run and manage commands that traditionally have been run in the terminal.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Command Book screenshot 1
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    nodemon

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    nodemon is a tool that helps develop node.js based applications by automatically restarting the node application when file changes in the directory are detected.

    nodemon does not require any additional changes to your code or method of development.

    6 nodemon alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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