runit vs voidnsrun

runit

The init system for Void Linux. (by void-linux)

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voidnsrun

Run glibc binaries in musl libc Void Linux environment (by gch1p)

Void voidlinux glibc Musl

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runit		voidnsrun
	Project
2	Mentions	3
144	Stars	62
6.3%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	2.5
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
C	Language	C
-	License	BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License

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runit

Posts with mentions or reviews of runit. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-28.

Runit Compatibility With Modern Hardware
1 project | /r/voidlinux | 26 Mar 2022

Void uses a forked version. https://github.com/void-linux/runit
Will you still use Void Linux if it was decided to switch to systemd only
2 projects | /r/voidlinux | 28 Jan 2022

Last commit to our runit was 5 months ago: https://github.com/void-linux/runit.

voidnsrun

Posts with mentions or reviews of voidnsrun. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-14.

Best way to run glibc compiled games?
1 project | /r/voidlinux | 8 Nov 2022

That's what voidnsrun is for. Once you get it set up properly, it's very convenient.
glibc 2.34
2 projects | /r/voidlinux | 14 Sep 2022

Thanks! Compiled it succesfully. Now I'll try using it via https://github.com/gch1p/voidnsrun.
Replace musl install with glibc without reintall
1 project | /r/voidlinux | 4 Oct 2021

if you need glibc for some software, you could just use a chroot! (also check before if your soft isnt avalaible on flatpack) see this https://docs.voidlinux.org/installation/musl.html?highlight=chroot#glibc-chroot (also if you're lazy https://github.com/gch1p/voidnsrun )

What are some alternatives?

When comparing runit and voidnsrun you can also consider the following projects:

libxft-bgra - A patched version of libxft that allows for colored emojis to be rendered in Suckless software (dmenu/st/whatever).

one_gadget - The best tool for finding one gadget RCE in libc.so.6

systemd - The systemd System and Service Manager

ungoogled-chromium-void - Ungoogled Chromium template and builds for Void Linux

void-packages - The Void source packages collection

linux-installer - Universal GNU+Linux installer script

minimal - Minimal Linux Live (MLL) is a tiny educational Linux distribution, which is designed to be built from scratch by using a collection of automated shell scripts. Minimal Linux Live offers a core environment with just the Linux kernel, GNU C library, and Busybox userland utilities.

deezer-void - I really tried to package this for xbps-src. But... Well, this works: native Deezer Desktop on Void Linux, yay! Based on @siphomateke, @SibrenVasse and on @davidbailey00 scripts.