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runit vs XCache

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

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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XCache

XCache

Development

XCache is a free open source PHP opcode cache. It stores precompiled PHP bytecode in shared memory, improving PHP performance by removing the need to load and parse scripts on each request. It's easy to install and configure in PHP.

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