berkshelf/berkshelf
A Chef Cookbook manager observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5237
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 749
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1069 stars · 310 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Berkshelf is a CLI tool for managing Chef Infra cookbooks and their dependencies, resolving and fetching them from sources like the Chef Supermarket. It is effectively deprecated, with only minimal maintenance to keep it shipping, and users are advised to migrate to Chef Policyfiles.
Use cases
- manage chef cookbook dependencies
- resolve and download cookbooks from chef supermarket
- vendor cookbooks for a chef run
- lock cookbook versions for reproducible chef runs
- manage berksfile dependencies for infrastructure code
When to choose
- you maintain an existing chef codebase that already uses Berkshelf
- you need to keep legacy chef cookbook workflows running
- your organization has not yet migrated to Policyfiles
When to avoid
- you are starting a new chef project - use Policyfiles instead
- you need actively maintained tooling with bugfixes and support
- you want a general-purpose dependency manager outside the chef ecosystem
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
package-manager cli developer-tools dependency-audit developer-tools infrastructure-as-code cli ruby cross-platform chef cookbook-manager infrastructure-as-code ruby deprecated configuration-management devops automation
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/berkshelf/berkshelf · fetched 2026-08-28 · 86aaa93b920a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| berkshelf/berkshelf | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="berkshelf/berkshelf")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem