# frameable/aviary.sh

Minimal distributed configuration management in bash

Repository: https://github.com/frameable/aviary.sh
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aviarysh
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-11-24T04:48:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2261, "days_push": 1013, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1309, forks 35 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:19.357867+00:00)

## What it is
A minimal distributed configuration management tool written entirely in bash, serving as a tiny alternative to Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. Each managed host periodically pulls a git-based inventory describing its roles and modules, then runs idempotent shell scripts to configure itself.

## Use cases
- manage server configuration without ansible
- simple gitops-based config management for a few servers
- apply idempotent bash scripts across hosts
- tiny alternative to chef or puppet
- self-managing hosts that pull their own config
- provision linux servers with shell scripts

## When to choose
- you prefer bash over YAML DSLs and want minimal abstraction
- managing a small number of linux hosts
- you want a pull-based, git-driven configuration model
- you need something with zero dependencies beyond bash and git

## When to avoid
- you need large-scale fleet management with rich orchestration
- you require windows support or non-linux platforms
- you want built-in secrets management, templating, or a module ecosystem
- you need detailed reporting, drift detection dashboards, or agent management

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: configuration-management, deployment, developer-tools, cli
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: cli
- tags: bash, gitops, infrastructure-as-code, server-configuration, ansible-alternative, idempotent-scripts, devops, automation, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- frameable/aviary.sh (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.357867+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 2026-08-30T04:49:59.243938+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/frameable/aviary.sh (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.357867+00:00, sha c00aef7e3d56)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.