# PM2

Process manager for Node.js and Bun applications that keeps them running, with a built-in load balancer.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/pm2/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-30
Listed since: 2026-10-30

## Record

### Links

- home: https://pm2.keymetrics.io
- repository: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2
- docs: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/quick-start/
- pricing: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/pricing/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: KEYMETRICS SAS
- maintainerType: company
- parent: KEYMETRICS Inc.
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: FR

### Kind

- category: web-server
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 18
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: AGPL-3.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 7
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 43329
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 2232699
- contributors: 267
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 12651312
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 23531
- dependentPackages: 1798

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/quick-start/ (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/Unitech/pm2 (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainer: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/assets/terms_conditions.pdf (read 2026-10-30)
- maintainerType: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/assets/terms_conditions.pdf (read 2026-10-30)
- parent: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/assets/terms_conditions.pdf (read 2026-10-30)
- hqCountry: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/assets/terms_conditions.pdf (read 2026-10-30)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/pm2 (read 2026-10-30)
- category: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/Unitech/pm2 (read 2026-10-30)
- runtime: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/blob/v7.1.1/package.json (read 2026-10-30)
- runsAs: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/quick-start/ (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- installMethod: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/releases/tag/v7.1.1 (read 2026-10-30)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/releases/tag/v7.1.1 (read 2026-10-30)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/pm2/latest (read 2026-10-30)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/Unitech/pm2/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-30)
- urls: https://pm2.keymetrics.io/pricing/ (read 2026-10-30)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/Unitech/pm2 (read 2026-10-30)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/Unitech/pm2/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-30)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-19:2026-10-25/pm2 (read 2026-10-30)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/pm2 (read 2026-10-30)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/pm2 (read 2026-10-30)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/pm2 (read 2026-10-30)

## Notes

PM2 is a process manager for Node.js and Bun applications. It runs as a daemon process manager that keeps applications online and has a built-in load balancer. It is installed with npm or with Bun. The project is maintained by KEYMETRICS, a French company that also runs the PM2 Plus monitoring service.

## Worth knowing

The open source runtime is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License 3.0, and the README says other licenses are available on request. PM2 Plus is a hosted monitoring dashboard with no free plan. The [pricing page](https://pm2.keymetrics.io/pricing/) also lists PM2 Enterprise, with advanced optimization and profiling features, offered after contact.

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