dinit
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Nov 17, 2025first mention
Feb 2, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“it's C++ that just works - I can stop start, list and reload services with reliability.”
“my favorite init system on Devuan now - dinit. It has a simple and useful service file format that's trivial to use”
systemd-free distro useron “Devuan – Debian Without Systemd”
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“I use dinit instead and that is what I would have liked systemd to be”
“The best challenger to systemd in terms of feature parity is probably dinit”
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“I found dinit https://github.com/davmac314/dinit which has a very similar design”
“it's C++ that just works - I can stop start, list and reload services with reliability.”
“my favorite init system on Devuan now - dinit. It has a simple and useful service file format that's trivial to use”
“I discovered one called dinit[10] which looks sort of similar to s6”
“I use dinit instead and that is what I would have liked systemd to be”
“The best challenger to systemd in terms of feature parity is probably dinit”