Java Service Steward, an open-source host for Java Windows services that reads wrapper.conf

Java Service Steward is a new Windows service host for Java applications. It reads the wrapper.conf format used by the Java Service Wrapper, follows the same command line and log format, and is licensed Apache-2.0 OR MIT. I wrote it because the Community Edition of the Java Service Wrapper has no 64-bit Windows build, and I did not want to buy a license or rewrite the service integration of applications that already had working configuration files. Repository: https://github.com/jayyanez/java-service-steward What it is The distribution is two files, wrapper.exe and wrapper.jar . The executable is written in Rust and does the Windows part: it registers the service, launches the JVM, keeps a control channel to it over a loopback socket, restarts it when it exits unexpectedly or stops answering pings, writes and rotates wrapper.log , and handles Service Control Manager requests (stop, pause, resume, custom control codes). The JAR is compiled for Java 8 and contains the launcher classes and a small API. There is no native DLL and no JNI. It only runs on 64-bit Windows. There is no Unix version. What is compatible Configuration. wrapper.conf with #include , #encoding , set.VAR=value , %VAR% expansion and numbered properties such as wrapper.java.additional.<n> . Relative paths resolve from the executable's directory, as before. Command line. -c runs in a console, -i and -r install and remove the service, -t and -p start and stop it, -q queries it, -d requests a thread dump. Property overrides on the command line and -- pass-through of application arguments work the same way. Service registration. An installed service's ImagePath calls wrapper.exe -s <conf> , so an existing registration keeps working. Log format. Records use the same LPTM layout, the same column widths and the same SIZE , WRAPPER and JVM roll modes, so scripts that parse wrapper.log do not need changes. Launchers. A configuration that names the original SimpleApp , StartStopApp or JarApp launcher in wrappe