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...You declare your app’s processes (web workers, background jobs, schedulers) in a Procfile, and Foreman starts them together, streams multiplexed logs, and manages environment variables from .env files. It handles port assignment and process concurrency, so you can spin up multiple copies of a worker or web server with a single command. Exporters generate native service definitions (e.g., systemd/Upstart/launchd), enabling the same process topology to run under OS service managers in staging or production. Colorized, prefixed logs and simple signals (restart/stop) provide a clear operational experience for polyglot stacks. By codifying your app’s runtime composition, Foreman reduces “works on my machine” friction and keeps local setups close to deployment reality.