Scaling Your Node.js App with PM2: Cluster Mode vs Fork Mode
If you’re building a production-grade Node.js application, you’ve probably heard of PM2 — a powerful process manager that helps you manage and keep your application alive forever. But did you know PM2 supports multi-threading using cluster mode? In this article, I’ll walk you through the difference between Cluster mode and Fork mode in PM2, and how to use them with a real example using ecosystem.config.js.

If you’re building a production-grade Node.js application, you’ve probably heard of PM2 — a powerful process manager that helps you manage and keep your application alive forever.
But did you know PM2 supports multi-threading using cluster mode?
In this article, I’ll walk you through the difference between Cluster mode and Fork mode in PM2, and how to use them with a real example using ecosystem.config.js
.