Compare with pm2 and Forever
| Feature | StrongLoop Process Manager | pm2 | Forever |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run app locally | slc start | pm2 start app.js -name foo | forever start app.js |
| Restart on failure | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Graceful/rolling restarts | Available | Available | No |
| OS startup script support | Yes | Yes | No |
| Security | HTTP auth and HTTP+SSH | SSH only for deploy | No |
| Set environment variables | Available on install and with slc ctl env-set command | Available as part of ecosystem configuration | No |
| Log aggregation/rotation | Yes; log file and syslog | Yes; multihost, with rotation. Log file only; no syslog | No |
| Multiple app support | Manages multiple local or remote apps | Manages multiple local or remote apps | Manage multiple local apps |
| Language Support | Node only | Can run any script file | Can run any script file |
| Build & Deploy | |||
| Build and package repositories | Supports Git and npm-pack based builds | No | No |
| Deploy apps to Docker container | Yes | No | No |
| Remote deploy | Yes | Yes | No |
| Multiple deploys/revert | Deploys over SSH, HTTP. Revert any previous deployment. |
Deploys over SSH, revert to previous deployment | No |
| Clustering & Management | |||
| Clustering | Available | Available | No |
| Resize clusters | At deploy-time, start-time, and runtime | At deploy-time and start-time only | No |
| Manage remotely | Deploy over SSH+HTTP Manage over REST (+SSH) |
Deploy over SSH | No |
| Load balancer auto-configuration | Yes | No | No |
| Profiling | |||
| Profiling | Heap and CPU profiles | No | No |
| Profile triggering | Trigger profiling based on slow event loop | No | No |
| Metrics | |||
| Metrics | CPU, memory, database, NoSQL connectors, many others | CPU, memory, stack traces reported on error output | No |
| Integrate with external metrics | Yes: StatsD, graphite, Splunk, etc. | keymetrics.io only | No |