I use OpenRC to start runit on my Alpine systems, and use runit to manage everything else.

I had some trouble getting the OpenRC script "just right", and figured this was easier. The systemd people really were right about SysV init being not-so-great (which, of course, doesn't automatically mean systemd is the answer).

The overall principles and usage of runit (e.g. just keeping stdout/err attached) is significantly simpler than the whole "daemonize" dance.