boxen/boxen
Manage Mac development boxes with love (and Puppet). observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
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: 5085
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3083
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1569 stars · 135 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Boxen is a Ruby-based tool that automates provisioning of macOS development machines using Puppet manifests. It manages services, Homebrew packages, and project setup as launchd services under a dedicated Boxen home directory.
Use cases
- set up a new mac for development automatically
- provision mac development machines with puppet
- manage dev tools and services on osx declaratively
- onboard new developers with a repeatable mac setup
- run local dev services as launchd daemons
When to choose
- you maintain a legacy mac fleet already provisioned with Boxen
- you want Puppet-based declarative macOS setup and know the Boxen ecosystem
When to avoid
- starting a new mac provisioning project - the project is unmaintained since 2018
- you need modern macOS version support or active community support
- you prefer simpler dotfiles or Ansible/MDM-based approaches
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
configuration-management deployment cli developer-tools developer-tools apple-ecosystem cli ruby puppet macos-provisioning dev-environment launchd homebrew devops automation macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/boxen/boxen · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3afb3843993b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| boxen/boxen | main | 10 |
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