Command-line tool

forever

npm/forever

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC · Still published on npm

A simple CLI tool for ensuring that a given node script runs continuously (i.e. forever) cli fault tolerant sysadmin tools

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:11 UTC

Install it

Windows

npm install -g forever

macOS

npm install -g forever

Linux

npm install -g forever

Start running a file forever (as a daemon)

forever script

List running "forever" processes (along with IDs and other details of "forever" processes)

forever list

Stop a running "forever" process

forever stop process_id

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