How do I implement a simple cross platform Python daemon?

Question

I would like to have my Python program run in the background as a daemon, on either Windows or Unix. I see that the python-daemon package is for Unix only; is there an alternati

Answer 1

Two options come to mind:

1. Port your program into a windows service. You can probably share much of your code between the two implementations.

2. Does your program really use any daemon functionality? If not, you rewrite it as a simple server that runs in the background, manages communications through sockets, and perform its tasks. It will probably consume more system resources than a daemon would, but it would be quote platform independent.