@millihertz The problem with systemd in that kind of comparison is that systemd is a tightly integrated systems management suite that also provides an init function.

Mostly everything else is an init system that relies on other components for tasks outside of that scope.

You can't replace one with the other, so that kind of discussion is rather moot at this point. You get a very different taste of an OS when you cook it with the full systemd instant soup instead of a selection of raw materials that each have their own flavours.