What are the specific differences between this project and that project? I don't know which one to choose.

[cheezmil]

https://github.com/ochinchina/supervisord

[F1bonacc1]

These are quite different tools, though they share the goal of managing processes.

ochinchina/supervisord is a Go reimplementation of Python's supervisord. It's designed as a drop-in replacement — same INI-based config format, same XML-RPC API. It's a great fit if you're already using supervisord and want a single-binary alternative without the Python dependency.

process-compose takes a different approach, inspired by docker-compose rather than supervisord:

• YAML configuration — declarative, composable, with overrides and templating
• Process dependencies — define startup order with conditions like process_healthy, process_completed, etc.
• Health checks — built-in HTTP and exec probes (liveness + readiness)
• TUI — interactive terminal UI for viewing process status and logs in real time
• Scheduling — cron and interval-based process scheduling
• Namespaces — selectively run subsets of your processes
• REST API & client — full HTTP API for remote management
• Process groups, replicas, and scaling
• Environment file support, variable templating

If you're looking for a straightforward supervisord replacement with the same config format, go with ochinchina/supervisord. If you want richer orchestration (dependency graphs, health checks, scheduling, a TUI) with a docker-compose-style workflow, process-compose is the better fit.