How to run a program in background?

Question

I have a node.js application. I want to run it in the background without keeping the terminal always open.

How can I achieve this?

This is loosely called "daemonizing" as in "turning it into a daemon process" and there are many tools that do this easily found on NPM if you know the keywords to search for. — tadman
– tadman, Commented May 23, 2021 at 6:50

Aayush Mall · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-23 06:48:58Z

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You can use either PM2 process manager (https://www.npmjs.com/package/pm2)

Or simply you can use nohup as

nohup node index.js &

This will run the node process in detached form in the background

answered May 23, 2021 at 6:48

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Justin12138 · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-23 06:07:47Z

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you need pm2.js;

answered May 23, 2021 at 6:07

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