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# What is 66?
Sixty-six is a service manager built around [s6](https://skarnet.org/software/s6) created to make the implementation and manipulation of service files on your machine easier. It is meant to be a toolbox for the declaration, implementation and administration of services to achieve powerful functionality with small amounts of code.
Sixty-six is an init and service manager built around [s6](https://skarnet.org/software/s6) created to make the implementation and manipulation of service files on your machine easier. It is meant to be a toolbox for the declaration, implementation and administration of services to achieve powerful functionality with small amounts of code.
Examples of what can be achieved by assembling different programs provided by *66*:
Examples of what can be achieved by assembling different programs provided by `66`:
- Frontend service files declaration.
- Easy creation of a scandir.
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- Service Notification.
- Organizes services as a tree.
- Easy view of service status.
- log file in human readable format.
- User service declaration.
- Automatic dependencies service chain.
- ...
`66` can easily be used within container. With one command, [66 scandir start](scandir.html), you are ready to go to supervise and manage any kind of service as root or regular account.
Booting with `66` to be able to supervise and manage services **is not** mandatory. You can use it in parallel with another init or service manager, start a `scandir` directory with the [66 scandir start](scandir.html) command, and you are ready to supervise any kind of services.
**Note**: This documentation tries to be complete and self-contained. However, if you have never heard of [s6](https://skarnet.org/software/s6) you might be confused at first. Please refer to the skarnet documentation if in doubt.
## Installation
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### Licensing
*66* is free software. It is available under the [ISC license](http://opensource.org/licenses/ISC).
`66` is free software. It is available under the [ISC license](http://opensource.org/licenses/ISC).
### Upgrade
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## Why is 66 necessary?
Implementation and handling of service files based on [s6](https://skarnet.org/software/s6) can be complex and difficult to understand. This led to the creation of the 66 program.
Implementation and handling of service files based on [s6](https://skarnet.org/software/s6) can be complex and difficult to understand. This led to the creation of the `66` program.
Why the name?
Previously *66* was the result of the combination of the former [s6](https://skarnet.org/software/s6) and [s6-rc](https://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc). With time and code improvement the `s6-rc` was dropped. `66` is now a fully independent service manager, although the name has been retained.
Previously `66` was the result of the combination of the former [s6](https://skarnet.org/software/s6) and [s6-rc](https://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc). With time and code improvement the `s6-rc`program was dropped. `66` is now a fully independent service manager, although the name has been retained.
It is a lot faster and easier to write and remember when writing. Apart from that it is a nice command prefix to have. It identifies the origin of the software and it's short.
Expect more use of the *66-* prefix in future [obarun](https://web.obarun.org) software releases and please avoid using it for your own projects.
Expect more use of the `66-` prefix in future [obarun](https://web.obarun.org) software releases and please avoid using it for your own projects.
