Restify VS PM2

Compare Restify vs PM2 and see what are their differences.

Restify

The future of Node.js REST development (by restify)
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Restify PM2
8 56
10,697 40,453
0.1% -
5.6 6.8
2 months ago 9 days ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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Restify

Posts with mentions or reviews of Restify. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-31.
  • Stop using express.js
    6 projects | dev.to | 31 May 2023
    Restify & Fastify Hapi
  • Node JS Microservice Frameworks for Developing Scalable Web Apps.
    12 projects | /r/node | 22 Mar 2023
    Restify โ€“ Optimized NodeJS Microservice Framework
  • Preact Releases Signals
    6 projects | dev.to | 9 Sep 2022
    We've seen this framework forking happen a lot as good ideas are remixed like Aurelia via Angular, Derw via Elm, Restify via Express, and Spring Boot via Spring to name a few. It's interesting to me this obsession with performance that Preact has with their ability to provide a simple API. That said, I am in no way convinced this'll solve the architecture problem. Without at least guidance, or more importantly, a framework + docs on how to utilize Signals at scale, you'll just end up with a random mess. Still, it's awesome how far they've come, and it's neat to see them still innovating years later.
  • 10 Best Node.js Framework in 2021
    12 projects | dev.to | 2 Dec 2021
    Restify.js: Future of Node.js REST development
  • how to deploy a graphQL server with docker and fly
    8 projects | dev.to | 15 Sep 2021
    Express GraphQL is a library for building production ready GraphQL HTTP middleware. Despite the emphasis on Express in the repo name, you can create a GraphQL HTTP server with any HTTP web framework that supports connect styled middleware. This includes Connect itself, Express and Restify.
  • What is your current stack?
    20 projects | /r/node | 3 Apr 2021
    Is express still the go-to HTTP server? How are hapi and restify doing? Has koa ever really picked up? Is there any new cool stuff to watch out for (fastify, anyone)?
  • Are you using promises and async / await safely in Node.js?
    5 projects | dev.to | 9 Mar 2021
    Restify - No native support yet. Support merged mid-2020, scheduled for a v9 release.

PM2

Posts with mentions or reviews of PM2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-07.
  • AI for Web Devs: Deploying Your AI App to Production
    6 projects | dev.to | 7 Feb 2024
    There are plenty of ways to accomplish this: Docker, Kubernetes, Pulumis, etc., but I donโ€™t like to add too much complexity. So for a basic app, I like to use PM2, a Node.js process manager with great features, including the ability to run our app in the background.
  • How to get the count of your followers on dev.to
    3 projects | dev.to | 16 Nov 2023
    This project will consist of a single "index.js" file that you can deploy anywhere. I recommend using an Nginx reverse proxy and pm2 to keep the service running.
  • A Guide To Self-Hosting Web Apps On Ubuntu Servers
    4 projects | dev.to | 10 Nov 2023
    Your app should be running now. To be able to run the app in the background, I will use pm2. Stop your application using "Ctrl + C" and install pm2
  • How to run Ec2-instance constantly?
    2 projects | /r/aws | 12 Jul 2023
  • 7 Tips to Build Scalable Node.js Applications
    5 projects | dev.to | 16 May 2023
    Additionally, it provides many more features to manage and visualize the processes. More details on PM2 can be found in their official documentation.
    5 projects | dev.to | 16 May 2023
    You can create child processes that run concurrently with the application sharing the same port, which helps scale the application within the same server. Clusters can be implemented using the built-in cluster module of Node.js or a library like PM2, widely used in production applications.
  • Serving react statically with express
    6 projects | /r/node | 29 Apr 2023
    Lastly if you want to run your dev build tool and backend as a single command you could try something like pm2 (https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2) or concurrently (https://www.npmjs.com/package/concurrently). This isn't necessary but might be a nice-to-have. NPM workspaces could help you organize this with a common package.json file too. (https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/using-npm/workspaces)
  • Building a Pseudo Multi-Tenant App in Strapi: Step-by-Step
    3 projects | dev.to | 22 Feb 2023
    For more documentation on pm2, you can read from here
  • Host SvelteKit apps with SSR-support via ploi.io (on Hetzner Cloud)
    4 projects | dev.to | 16 Dec 2022
    "PM2 is a production process manager for Node.js applications with a built-in load balancer. It allows you to keep applications alive forever, to reload them without downtime and to facilitate common system admin tasks." (pm2)
    4 projects | dev.to | 16 Dec 2022
    See pm2 quickstart docs for more information.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Restify and PM2 you can also consider the following projects:

Nodemon.io - Monitor for any changes in your node.js application and automatically restart the server - perfect for development

forever - A simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given script runs continuously (i.e. forever)

supervisor

Phusion Passenger - A fast and robust web server and application server for Ruby, Python and Node.js

Express - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

Nest - A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript ๐Ÿš€

supervisor - Supervisor process control system for Unix (supervisord)

naught - Zero downtime deployment for your Node.js server using builtin cluster API

node-windows - Windows support for Node.JS scripts (daemons, eventlog, UAC, etc).

God - Ruby process monitor

fastify - Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js

node-clinic - Clinic.js diagnoses your Node.js performance issues