On Windows if you want Manticore to start at boot, install Manticore as Windows Service.

Manticore can be started and stopped from the Control Panel or from the command line:

sc.exe start Manticore

sc.exe stop Manticore

If you don't install Manticore as Windows service, you can start it from the command line:

.\bin\searchd -c manticore.conf

If Manticore is installed using HomeBrew, you can run it as a Brew service.

To start Manticore run the following command:

brew services start manticoresearch

To stop Manticore run the following command:

brew services stop manticoresearch