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eudev vs runit

A side-by-side look at eudev and runit. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

eudev

eudev

Os & Utilities

eudev is a lightweight fork of udev, the device manager for the Linux kernel. It handles dynamic creation and removal of devices from the system, manages permissions and access control for those devices, and more.

linuxudevdevice-managerforklightweight
runit

runit

System & Hardware

runit is a service supervision suite used to control processes and services on Unix-like operating systems. It is lightweight, customizable, and follows a simple yet robust process supervision scheme.

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