# cipi-sh/cipi

Easy Laravel Deployments

Repository: https://github.com/cipi-sh/cipi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cipi
Homepage: https://cipi.sh
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: deployment, lemp, lemp-stack, laravel, php, php-fpm, cloud, aws, nginx, vps, vps-setup, vps-admin, ubuntu, control-panel, linux, devops, deploy, open-source, cli, whmcs
Last push: 2026-09-02T22:35:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 88, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2901, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": 0, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 80}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1136, forks 213 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:10.015679+00:00)

## What it is
Cipi is an open-source CLI that turns a fresh Ubuntu VPS into a multi-app PHP/Laravel hosting platform with Nginx, PHP-FPM or Octane (FrankenPHP), MariaDB/PostgreSQL, SSL, queue workers, and zero-downtime deploys. It is CLI-first with optional REST API, MCP server, Go CLI client, web control panel, and WHMCS integration.

## Use cases
- deploy a laravel app to a vps with one command
- set up a production lemp stack on ubuntu automatically
- host multiple isolated php apps on a single server
- get free ssl certificates and zero-downtime deployments for laravel
- manage laravel queue workers and cron from the cli
- back up app databases to s3-compatible storage
- run laravel octane on frankenphp on my own server
- set up a hosting panel for client sites without a web gui

## When to choose
- you deploy Laravel or PHP apps to your own Ubuntu VPS and want a no-panel, CLI-driven setup
- you need multi-app isolation with per-app users, databases, and PHP versions on one server
- you want zero-downtime deploys, SSL, workers, and backups without hand-writing Nginx configs
- you are an agency hosting many client apps and want WHMCS or API-based automation

## When to avoid
- you need a full graphical hosting panel like Plesk or cPanel (though an optional GUI exists)
- your target is not Ubuntu 24.04/26.04 or you use non-PHP stacks like Node or Python backends
- you run on managed platforms (Heroku, Vercel, Laravel Forge/PaaS) where server setup is handled for you
- you need containerized or Kubernetes-based deployments rather than bare-metal VPS provisioning

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, cli, configuration-management, security, backup, webhook, scheduling
- domain: web-development, backend, self-hosted, cloud-computing
- platform: cli, self-hosted
- tags: laravel, lemp-stack, nginx, php-fpm, vps, zero-downtime-deploy, lets-encrypt, mariadb, supervisor, deployer, octane, frankenphp, hosting-control-panel, whmcs, mcp-server, devops, automation, linux, ubuntu

## Member repositories
- cipi-sh/cipi (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:10.015679+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 2026-08-30T06:38:01.479941+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cipi-sh/cipi (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:10.015679+00:00, sha 52d2c40740a6)
  - homepage: https://cipi.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:33.853266+00:00, sha b8ece34c4601)
  - site_page: https://cipi.sh/en/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:33.856181+00:00, sha 654bf14ab02e)
  - site_page: https://cipi.sh/en/docs/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:33.857987+00:00, sha 3d8ed06a8135)
  - site_page: https://cipi.sh/en/docs/advanced (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:33.860057+00:00, sha 4a97cff3b0bf)
  - site_page: https://cipi.sh/en/docs/cli-client (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:33.863795+00:00, sha f518c2f07453)
  - site_page: https://cipi.sh/en/docs/gui (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:33.865912+00:00, sha 85b208cec486)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.