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Philosophy

systemg makes multi-service applications easy to run.

Design principles​

Simple configuration - YAML, not complex unit files Dependency aware - Services start in the right order Single binary - No runtime dependencies Dev to prod - Same config works everywhere Least privilege - Drop permissions by default

Sweet spot​

systemg works best for 5-50 interdependent services:

  • Microservice applications
  • Data pipelines
  • Web apps with workers and cron jobs

Not a fit for​

  • Single service apps (use systemd directly)
  • 100+ services (use Kubernetes)
  • Windows environments

See also​