Servy lets you run any app as a native Windows service with full control over working directory, startup type, process priority, logging, health checks, environment variables, dependencies, pre-launch scripts and parameters. An open-source alternative to NSSM and FireDaemon.

Servy offers both a GUI and a Command-Line Interface (CLI), allowing you to create, configure, and manage Windows services either interactively or through scripts and CI/CD pipelines. Additionally, it provides a Manager interface for quickly monitoring and managing all installed services.

This .NET Framework 4.8 version is designed for compatibility with older Windows operating systems, from Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 11 and Windows Server.

If you've ever struggled with the limitations of the built-in sc tool or found NSSM lacking in features or UI, Servy might be exactly what you need. It solves a common limitation of Windows services by allowing you to set a custom working directory. The built-in sc tool only works with applications specifically designed to run as Windows services and always uses C:\Windows\System32 with no way to change it. This can break apps that depend on relative paths, configuration files, or local assets. Servy lets you run any app as a service and define the startup directory explicitly, ensuring it behaves exactly as if launched from a shortcut or command prompt.

Servy lets you run an optional script or executable before the main service starts. This is useful for preparing configurations, fetching secrets, or performing other setup tasks. If the pre-launch script fails, the service will not start unless you enable Ignore Failure option.

Servy continuously monitors your app, restarting it automatically if it crashes, hangs, or stops. It is perfect for keeping non-service apps running in the background without having to rewrite them as services. Use it to run Node.js, Python, .NET, Java, Go, Rust, PHP, or Ruby applications; keep web servers, background workers, sync tools, or daemons alive after reboots; and automate task runners, schedulers, or scripts in production with built-in health checks, logging, and restart policies.

• Download
• Installation Guide
• Usage
• Servy Manager
• Servy CLI
• Export/Import Services
• Security
• Architecture
• Building from Source
• Troubleshooting
• FAQ

• Clean, simple UI
• Quickly monitor and manage all installed services with Servy Manager
• CLI for full scripting and automated deployments
• Run any executable as a Windows service
• Set service name, description, startup type, priority, working directory, environment variables, dependencies, and parameters
• Run services as Local System, local user, or domain account
• Redirect stdout/stderr to log files with automatic size-based rotation
• Run pre-launch script execution before starting the service, with retries, timeout, logging and failure handling
• Prevent orphaned/zombie processes with improved lifecycle management and ensuring resource cleanup
• Health checks and automatic service recovery
• Monitor and manage services in real-time
• Browse and search logs by level, date, and keyword for faster troubleshooting from Servy Manager
• Export/Import service configurations
• Compatible with Windows 7–11 x64 and Windows Server editions

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Servy is MIT licensed.