--- title: PM2 alternative written in Rust. | daily.dev description: PMDaemon is a Rust-based process manager inspired by PM2 that adds advanced features like automatic port range distribution for clusters, HTTP and script-based... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pm2-alternative-written-in-rust--qbr79l11u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PM2 alternative written in Rust. | daily.dev og:description: PMDaemon is a Rust-based process manager inspired by PM2 that adds advanced features like automatic port range distribution for clusters, HTTP and script-based... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pm2-alternative-written-in-rust--qbr79l11u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/qBr79l11U.png og:image:alt: PM2 alternative written in Rust. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PM2 alternative written in Rust. **[Mr Binary Sniper](https://daily.dev/sources/mxingh5ucpk4dmknftl7w)** · [@mrbns](https://daily.dev/mrbns) · 23 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary PMDaemon is a Rust-based process manager inspired by PM2 that adds advanced features like automatic port range distribution for clusters, HTTP and script-based health checks, blocking start commands, and a modern REST API with WebSocket support. Built with async/await architecture using Tokio, it offers memory safety and high performance while maintaining a familiar PM2-like CLI interface. The tool includes 272 tests, configuration persistence, ecosystem file support with schema validation, and production-ready monitoring capabilities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@aschulz** · 0 upvotes > This looks interesting! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Procman: An alternative for running Procfile apps](https://daily.dev/posts/procman-an-alternative-for-running-procfile-apps-w6dzshbrc) · RUBYLAND · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [I launched Port Pilot](https://daily.dev/posts/i-launched-port-pilot-j9k2a75bz) · Flavio Copes · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [My journey writing a watchdog script](https://daily.dev/posts/my-journey-writing-a-watchdog-script-fzayivfs2) · Kitty says hi. · 6 upvotes · 0 comments - [This free Proxmox tool is overkill for a home lab, and that’s exactly why I put it in charge of mine](https://daily.dev/posts/this-free-proxmox-tool-is-overkill-for-a-home-lab-and-that-s-exactly-why-i-put-it-in-charge-of-mine-we7dc0wne) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.0 available](https://daily.dev/posts/proxmox-datacenter-manager-1-0-available-d4mx1onf2) · Hacker News · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#monitoring](https://daily.dev/tags/monitoring), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pm2-alternative-written-in-rust--qbr79l11u) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/pm2-alternative-written-in-rust--qbr79l11u","headline":"PM2 alternative written in Rust.","text":"Shared: PMDaemon - Advanced Process Manager","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pm2-alternative-written-in-rust--qbr79l11u","datePublished":"2025-10-25T06:41:35.113Z","dateModified":"2026-07-30T02:12:49.828Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mr Binary Sniper","url":"https://daily.dev/mrbns","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKJz22dnnCRo3u-wMdwkc0hhctXTlv_dgoIbPa_05kkcQHWtTc=s96-c","description":"Love to solve real life problem in technology. \nAvoid trash library and focus on performance.","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":7020}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":23},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/FtHBm5eg9"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"This looks interesting!","datePublished":"2025-11-17T18:59:46.309Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/qBr79l11U#c-x4qQy1zxQ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexander Schulz","url":"https://daily.dev/aschulz","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--QyqhQraa--/f_auto/v1739916402/avatars/avatar_ZSilQjs5aEuu2oZF7mSsN"}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/mxingh5ucpk4dmknftl7w","name":"Mr Binary Sniper"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mr Binary Sniper","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/mxingh5ucpk4dmknftl7w"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"PM2 alternative written in Rust."}]} ```