# BastilleBSD/bastille

Bastille is an open-source system for automating deployment and management of containerized applications on FreeBSD.

Repository: https://github.com/BastilleBSD/bastille
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bastille
Homepage: https://bastillebsd.org
Language: Shell
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: freebsd, containers, automation, deployment, jail, zfs, bastille, bastille-templates, manage-freebsd-jails, bastille-template
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:18:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 92, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3105, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 52, "gap_med": 28.0, "n_releases_24m": 19}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1096, forks 176 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:34.328798+00:00)

## What it is
Bastille is an open-source CLI tool for automating the deployment and management of containerized applications on FreeBSD using jails. It provides template-based provisioning (Bastillefiles), ZFS-backed snapshots, and flexible networking including VNET and pf firewall integration.

## Use cases
- create and manage freebsd jails from the command line
- deploy containerized apps on freebsd without docker
- bootstrap and template jail provisioning like dockerfiles
- manage zfs snapshots and backups of jails
- set up vnet networking and pf firewall for jails
- run commands across many jails at once
- migrate from iocage or ezjail to a modern jail manager

## When to choose
- you run FreeBSD and want Docker-like container workflows with jails
- you need hardened, isolated services with read-only root and pf integration
- you want declarative, stackable templates for reproducible jail deployments
- you manage a fleet of FreeBSD hosts and want consistent container automation

## When to avoid
- you are on Linux and need OCI/Docker or Kubernetes compatibility
- you need a GUI or web dashboard for container management
- your workloads require Linux-specific container images

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: container-runtime, deployment, configuration-management, cli, security
- domain: self-hosted, operating-systems
- platform: bsd, cli, self-hosted
- tags: freebsd-jails, zfs, jail-management, bastillefile-templates, vnet-networking, shell, containers, devops, automation

## Member repositories
- BastilleBSD/bastille (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.328798+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 2026-08-30T06:46:38.137763+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BastilleBSD/bastille (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:34.328798+00:00, sha 4bc771e0d8be)
  - homepage: https://bastillebsd.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.742286+00:00, sha d0e6dcc569d6)
  - site_page: https://bastillebsd.org/learn/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.751660+00:00, sha 2d0ec23ffc29)
  - site_page: https://bastillebsd.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.755513+00:00, sha 534217994fcc)
  - site_page: https://bastillebsd.org/about/history (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.757272+00:00, sha e67fe6e83cc8)
  - site_page: https://bastillebsd.org/about/team (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.759159+00:00, sha e54191616883)
  - site_page: https://bastillebsd.org/about/press (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.760840+00:00, sha e437e8f6fefb)
  - site_page: https://bastillebsd.org/blog/2025/06/15/automating-new-freebsd-installations-with-rocinante (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.762676+00:00, sha ed91d9edb399)
  - site_page: https://bastillebsd.org/blog/2022/01/15/ten-things-to-do-after-installing-freebsd (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.764251+00:00, sha a70cdbd0f5a9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.