This is a Maven plugin that builds installers using bootstrappers, commons-daemon and jsvc. Currently only the linux file system is supported. An entry would looks like the following snippet with default values: <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>daemon-plugin</artifactId> <groupId>jsvc-plugin</groupId> ... <configuration> <application> <name>${project.artifactId}</name> <version>${project.version}</version> <mainClass>${project.groupId}.Main</mainClass> <scriptName>${project.artifactId}</scriptName> </application> <targetSystem> <javaHome>/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun</javaHome> <applicationJarLocation>/var/lib/${project.artifactId}</applicationJarLocation> <daemonJarLocation>/usr/lib</daemonJarLocation> </targetSystem> <daemon> <user>root</user> <delay>20</delay> </daemon> </configuration> </plugins> </build>