wpm
Overview
wpm is a simple user process manager for Microsoft Windows 11 and above.
wpm allows you to start, stop and manage user-level background processes as
defined in unit files. Unit files allow you to codify availability and
dependency relationships between other processes, and allow you to configure
process healthchecks with custom retry and back-off strategies.
wpm allows you to pin executables in your unit files to specific versions via
remote package manifests, and provides a comprehensive collection of lifecycle
hooks to customize behaviour on process start and shutdown.
Community
There is a Discord server available for
wpm-related discussion, help, troubleshooting etc.
There is a YouTube
channel where I post
wpm development videos, feature previews and release overviews. Subscribing
to the channel (which is monetized as part of the YouTube Partner Program) and
watching videos is a really simple and passive way to contribute financially to
the development and maintenance of wpm.
Licensing for Personal Use
wpm is licensed under the Komorebi 2.0.0
license, which is a fork of the
PolyForm Strict 1.0.0
license. On a high level
this means that you are free to do whatever you want with wpm for personal
use other than redistribution, or distribution of new works (i.e. hard-forks)
based on the software.
Anyone is free to make their own fork of wpm with changes intended either for
personal use or for integration back upstream via pull requests.
The Komorebi 2.0.0 License does
not permit any kind of commercial use ( i.e. using wpm at work).
Sponsorship for Personal Use
wpm is a free and educational source project, and one that encourages you
to make charitable donations if you find the software to be useful and have the
financial means.
I encourage you to make a charitable donation to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund or to contribute to a Gaza Funds campaign before you consider sponsoring me on GitHub.
GitHub Sponsors is enabled for this project. Sponsors can claim custom roles on the Discord server, get shout-outs at the end of wpm-related videos on YouTube, and gain the ability to submit feature requests on the issue tracker.
If you would like to tip or sponsor the project but are unable to use GitHub
Sponsors, you may also sponsor through Ko-fi, or
make an anonymous Bitcoin donation to bc1qv73wzspc77k46uty4vp85x8sdp24mphvm58f6q.
Licensing for Commercial Use
A dedicated Individual Commercial Use License is available for those who want to
use wpm at work.
The Individual Commerical Use License adds “Commercial Use” as a “Permitted Use” for the licensed individual only, for the duration of a valid paid license subscription only. All provisions and restrictions enumerated in the Komorebi License continue to apply.
More information, pricing and purchase links for Individual Commercial Use Licenses can be found here.