Neoinit

A modern, lightweight, and blazingly fast init system designed as a high-performance alternative to SystemD.

Features • Installation • Usage • Documentation • Contributing

Features

🚀 High Performance

• Lightning-fast boot times
• Minimal memory footprint
• Efficient process management
• Optimized dependency resolution

🔧 Core Functionality

• Service management
• Process supervision
• Dependency handling
• Resource control
• Socket activation
• Event system

🛡️ Security

• Minimal attack surface
• Secure by default configuration
• Resource isolation
• Privilege separation

🔄 Compatibility

• SystemD service file compatibility
• Traditional init script support
• Container-friendly
• Cloud-native ready

Quick Start

Prerequisites

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install build-essential git

# RHEL/Fedora
sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"

Building from Source

git clone https://github.com/nuros-linux/neoinit.git
cd neoinit
make
sudo make install

Basic Usage

# Start a service
sudo neoinit start nginx

# Stop a service
sudo neoinit stop nginx

# Check service status
sudo neoinit status nginx

# View all services
sudo neoinit list

Configuration

Service Files

Services are defined in /etc/neoinit/services/. Example service file:

[Service]
Name=nginx
Description=NGINX Web Server
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx
Type=forking
Restart=always

[Dependencies]
Requires=network.service
After=network.service

[Resources]
MemoryLimit=512M
CPUWeight=100

System Configuration

Main configuration file: /etc/neoinit/neoinit.conf

[General]
DefaultTimeout=90
MaxServices=1000
LogLevel=info

[Security]
EnableAudit=true
EnforceResourceLimits=true

Architecture

┌─────────────────┐
│  Service Manager│
├─────────────────┤
│ Process Monitor │
│ Resource Control│
│ Socket Activator│
│ Event Handler   │
└─────────────────┘

API Reference

// Start a service
int start_service(const char *service_name);

// Stop a service
int stop_service(const char *service_name);

// Get service status
service_status_t get_service_status(const char *service_name);

See API Documentation for complete reference.

Development

Building for Development

# Debug build
make debug

# Run tests
make test

# Static analysis
make analyze

Directory Structure

neoinit/
├── src/          # Source code
├── include/      # Header files
├── tests/        # Test suite
├── docs/         # Documentation
└── tools/        # Additional tools

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Create a Pull Request

Support

• Issue Tracker
• Documentation
• Discussions

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

---

Created by AnmiTaliDev and AnmiTali/NurOS Team with ❤️ for Nuros Linux