certbot/certbot
Certbot is EFF's tool to obtain certs from Let's Encrypt and (optionally) auto-enable HTTPS on your server. It can also act as a client for any other CA that uses the ACME protocol. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
97/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 94
- 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: 28
- age_days: 4312
- days_rel: 43
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 20
Adoption not part of the score
33216 stars · 3509 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Certbot is EFF's tool for obtaining TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt and optionally auto-configuring HTTPS on your server. It also works as an ACME client for any other certificate authority that supports the ACME protocol.
Use cases
- get free TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt
- automatically enable HTTPS on my web server
- renew SSL certificates automatically
- ACME client for my certificate authority
- set up HTTPS with nginx or apache
- manage certificate renewal cron jobs
When to choose
- you want free, automated Let's Encrypt certificates
- you run a standard web server like nginx or Apache and want automatic HTTPS setup
- you need a mature, widely supported ACME client
When to avoid
- you need certificates from a CA that doesn't support ACME
- you prefer declarative certificate management via infrastructure-as-code tools like Kubernetes cert-manager
- you need wildcard certificates with DNS providers lacking a Certbot plugin
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
security cli deployment security web-development self-hosted python cli self-hosted acme letsencrypt tls-certificates https certificate-management devops linux web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/certbot/certbot · fetched 2026-08-28 · c1d1219adbf3
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/certbot/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2858bc8ac402
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| certbot/certbot | main | 97 |
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