# ansible/awx

AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is one of the upstream projects for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.

Repository: https://github.com/ansible/awx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awx
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: python, ansible, django, django-rest-framework, awx, automation, reactjs, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:01:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3395, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- 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 15537, forks 3670 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:10.007605+00:00)

## What it is
AWX is a web-based UI, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible, serving as the upstream project for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. It lets teams run, schedule, and manage Ansible playbooks through a centralized interface.

## Use cases
- run ansible playbooks from a web ui
- schedule and manage automation jobs with a rest api
- self-hosted alternative to ansible tower
- centralize it automation for a team
- manage ansible credentials and inventories
- trigger automation via api or webhook

## When to choose
- you want a free, open-source web UI and API on top of Ansible
- you need role-based access, scheduling, and credential management for playbooks
- you are building toward or aligning with Ansible Automation Platform

## When to avoid
- you need guaranteed timely releases - the project paused releases in 2024 for a large refactoring
- you want a lightweight CLI-only automation tool without a web stack
- you require commercial support - use Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform instead

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: workflow-automation, api-framework, deployment, configuration-management, self-hosted
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: ansible, automation-controller, rest-api, django, task-engine, it-automation, automation, devops, web-server, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- ansible/awx (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:10.007605+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 2026-08-29T17:05:40.690741+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ansible/awx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:10.007605+00:00, sha 3f6c199a1c94)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.