# PSA: Servy as a lightweight NSSM alternative for rclone on Windows

**URL:** <https://forum.rclone.org/t/psa-servy-as-a-lightweight-nssm-alternative-for-rclone-on-windows/53663>\
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**Created:** [April 11, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/psa-servy-as-a-lightweight-nssm-alternative-for-rclone-on-windows/53663 "2026-04-11T19:50:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/psa-servy-as-a-lightweight-nssm-alternative-for-rclone-on-windows/53663/1 "2026-04-11T19:50:11Z")

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Noticed a few older posts recommending **NSSM** for running rclone as a Windows service.

Just wanted to mention that **Servy** is a pretty solid modern alternative.

I’ve been using it to run rclone mounts/syncs as a service, and once set up it’s very clean — proper logging, simple config, and no need to manually start anything.  
Did some homework the other day because laptop didn’t remount sometimes.

Its ok to setup. Might take you 2 mins for paths if you're using Winget to keep rclone on latest version.