ThinService

Run Thin or any rake task as a Windows Service - based on mongrel_service by Luis Lavena

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'thin_service'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install thin_service

Use the following commands to get more help:

thin_service install --help
thin_service remove --help

To install a rake task, such as a background processor, as a service:

thin_service installdaemon -N service_name -t"rake my_background_task RAILS_ENV=production"  -c"full path to my rails app"