# ansible/ansible-runner

A tool and python library that helps when interfacing with Ansible directly or as part of another system whether that be through a container image interface, as a standalone tool, or as a Python module that can be imported. The goal is to provide a stable and consistent interface abstraction to Ansible.

Repository: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ansible-runner
Homepage: https://ansible-runner.rtfd.io
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-31T14:31:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 68, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3134, "days_push": 2, "days_rel": 134, "gap_med": 87.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1084, forks 383 (observed 2026-09-01T02:13:58.747387+00:00)

## What it is
Ansible Runner is a Python library and CLI tool that provides a stable, consistent interface for running Ansible programmatically, standalone, or via container images. It abstracts Ansible execution with process isolation and container runtime capabilities.

## Use cases
- run ansible playbooks from python code
- embed ansible execution in another application
- run ansible inside a container programmatically
- get consistent structured output from ansible runs
- build a UI or service on top of ansible
- execute ansible with process isolation

## When to choose
- you need to invoke Ansible from Python or another system with a stable API
- you want containerized or isolated Ansible execution
- you're building tooling like AWX that drives Ansible

## When to avoid
- you just run playbooks manually from the command line
- you need configuration management features themselves rather than an execution wrapper

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: configuration-management, developer-tools, cli, container-runtime
- domain: developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: python, cli
- tags: ansible, automation-runner, python-library, process-isolation, devops, automation, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- ansible/ansible-runner (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:58.747387+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:50:21.135862+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ansible/ansible-runner (fetched 2026-09-01T02:13:58.747387+00:00, sha 626b64e25a3e)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/ansible-runner/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:53:51.709387+00:00, sha 8417c18f0e36)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.