launchd
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free software
- Developer
- Apple Inc.
- Official website
- opensource.apple.com/tarballs/launchd
- Has use
- init
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- copyright license
- Apache License
- operating system
- macOS
- programmed in
- Q15777
- publication date
- 2005-04-29
- inception
- 2005-04-29
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Components
- launchd
- launchctl
- Property list
- Socket activation protocol
- History
- Apple open source release history
- See also
- References
- External links
launchd is an init and operating system service management daemon created by Apple Inc. as part of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS to replace its BSD-style init and SystemStarter. There have been efforts to port launchd to FreeBSD and derived systems.
==Components== There are two main programs in the launchd system: launchd and launchctl.
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