Node.js upstart vs forever

Question

I am looking to daemonize my Node.js application. What\'s the difference between upstart and forever? Also, are there other packages I might want to considering looking at?

Answer 1

In 2017, alternatives could be :

• pm2. Robust, strong community, production-grade solution. Can manage non-node scripts as well. My personal choice.
• StrongLoop (slc). Node-only. Production-oriented as well, includes build/packaging, deployment to docker, load-balancing and profiling, but is more recent. Looks promising.

Here is a (maybe biased) comparison of both with Forever.