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Systemd binaries are not a monolithic system but they are so tightly coupled that they are almost like a monolith. There is no api spec so you cannot swap any c

Systemd binaries are not a monolithic system but they are so tightly coupled that they are almost like a monolith. There is no api spec so you cannot swap any component exactly like a monolith, and this is why people call systemd a monolith and this is one of many reason a lot of people dislike systemd, because it's a non swappable batteries included app.

zxzax 6y ago
That still doesn't make it monolithic. It's not exactly rare for an open source project to have no API spec. If you want to replace a part you just look at the code and then implement that API. If you ask me a lot of systemd is actually pretty easy to swap if you're interested, most is separated out into clean d-bus APIs.