chocolatey-community/boxstarter
Repeatable, reboot resilient windows environment installations made easy using Chocolatey packages observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
63/100
- Activity 90
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4370
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 62
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1365 stars · 161 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Boxstarter is a PowerShell-based tool that automates repeatable, reboot-resilient Windows environment installations using Chocolatey packages. It handles pending reboot detection, automatic logon, remote deployments, and Windows configuration utilities.
Use cases
- set up a new Windows machine with all my dev tools unattended
- install software on a fresh Windows install that survives required reboots
- provision a Windows VM repeatedly with the same configuration
- deploy packages to a remote Windows machine via PowerShell remoting
- run a setup script from a gist URL with no preinstalled software
- configure Windows Explorer settings and install apps in one script
When to avoid
- you are on Linux or macOS - Boxstarter is Windows-only
- you need full configuration management with idempotent declarative state like Ansible or DSC
- your targets are non-Windows cloud instances or containers
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
deployment configuration-management package-manager developer-tools windows self-hosted windows cli chocolatey reboot-resilient windows-setup powershell-remoting environment-provisioning automation devops
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/chocolatey-community/boxstarter · fetched 2026-08-28 · f21b489008fd
- homepage: https://boxstarter.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0af8cd610f95
- site_page: https://boxstarter.org/installingpackages · fetched 2026-08-29 · 345987235960
- site_page: https://boxstarter.org/whyboxstarter · fetched 2026-08-29 · d9ad652b26f4
- site_page: https://boxstarter.org/weblauncher · fetched 2026-08-29 · b74e0315f961
- site_page: https://boxstarter.org/learn/weblauncher · fetched 2026-08-29 · ce54b7b468c0
- site_page: https://boxstarter.org/creatingpackages · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2cc527d8b428
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| chocolatey-community/boxstarter | main | 63 |
For agents
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