What are the best Linux init systems?

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Dinit

Dinit is a service supervisor with dependency support which can also act as the system "init" program. It was created with the intention of providing a portable init system with dependency management, that was functionally superior to many extant inits.

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AmiableThallo

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Robust

Written with a focus on being secure and correct.

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AmiableThallo

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Compact

With a reasonable feature set, but not at the cost of high complexity.

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AmiableThallo

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Well documented

Check the extensive manual pages!
• dinit(8) manpage

• dinit-service(5) manpage

• dinitcheck(8) manpage

• dinitctl(8) manpage

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AmiableThallo

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Portable

Written in portable C++ code; compiles and runs on a variety of Unix-likes (Linux, various BSDs).

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Free and Open Source

Distributed under the Apache License version 2.0.

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Fast startup times

Boots very fast.

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Still new

It happens to freeze pretty often (tested on 2 different servers, 1 desktop and 2 laptops).

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Using it as system manager / init

Unfortunately, this is currently supported only on Linux.
EDIT: It also works on BSD and is very portable. So, the above con is invalid

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