Startup Manager is a program that provides you the possibility to manage the Windows startup procedure. It offers you the possibility to control which programs automatically start up and more.
SWAL is a program that can launch as a service (or standalone) and monitor other services and control other programs. Written in C++ and might have some .NET components (planning on a linux port)
Daemond is a daemon control daemon. It can be used as a faster and more flexible replacement for init, or by itself.
It has the ability to track complex dependencies, and allows package management systems to easily add and maintain them.