PM2 (software)

PM2 is a process manager for the JavaScript runtime Node.js. In 2016, PM2 was ranked as the 82nd most popular JavaScript project on GitHub.

pm2

Original author(s)	Alexandre Strzelewicz
Initial release	27 June 2013[1]
Stable release	4.4.1 / 10 August 2020[2]
Repository	github.com/unitech/pm2
Written in	JavaScript
Platform	Linux/Unix/Windows
Licence	AGPLv3
Website	github.com/Unitech/pm2

Overview

PM2 or Process Manager 2, is an Open Source, production Node.js process manager helping Developers and Devops manage Node.js applications in production environment. In comparison with other process manager like Supervisord, Forever, Systemd, some key features of PM2 are automatic application load balancing, declarative application configuration, deployment system and monitoring.

Started in 2013 by Alexandre Strzelewicz. The code source is hosted on GitHub and installable via Npm (software).

References

1. Earliest known release
2. "v4.2.1 (2019-12-10): Release 4.2.1 · Unitech/pm2". GitHub. 2019-12-10. Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2020-01-14.

Further reading

• Large, Editor at (September 2, 2015). "Node.js process manager set for 1.0 upgrade". InfoWorld. Retrieved July 8, 2016.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Ambler, T.; Cloud, N. (2015). "Chapter 4". JavaScript Frameworks for Modern Web Dev. Apress. pp. 53–72. ISBN 978-1-4842-0662-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Official website