# cockpit-project/cockpit

Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for servers.

Repository: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cockpit
Homepage: http://www.cockpit-project.org/
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: cockpit, javascript, linux-servers
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:00:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4688, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 20, "gap_med": 12, "n_releases_24m": 64}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14983, forks 1334 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:09.027475+00:00)

## What it is
Cockpit is a web-based graphical interface for administering Linux servers, interacting directly with the operating system through real system APIs and a Linux session in the browser. It lets sysadmins manage storage, networking, containers, logs, and services, and can connect to multiple hosts via SSH.

## Use cases
- administer linux servers from a web browser
- manage server storage and networks without the command line
- inspect system logs and journals graphically
- start and manage containers via a web ui
- manage multiple linux machines over ssh from one interface
- give windows admins an easy graphical way to manage linux servers

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, graphical server admin console that uses existing system tooling
- you need to mix web-based administration with terminal and Ansible workflows
- you run Fedora, RHEL, or other major Linux distros and want a supported web console

## When to avoid
- you need a configuration management or fleet-orchestration tool rather than per-host administration
- you cannot open a port or run a service on the target servers
- you need a non-Linux server management interface

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, monitoring, logging, configuration-management, http-server, ssh, container-runtime, developer-tools
- domain: self-hosted, operating-systems
- platform: browser, self-hosted
- tags: server-administration, web-console, sysadmin, systemd, remote-management, terminal-in-browser, devops, infrastructure, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- cockpit-project/cockpit (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.027475+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 2026-08-29T17:06:47.312865+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:09.027475+00:00, sha 76f6b22d96fc)
  - homepage: http://www.cockpit-project.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:08.449289+00:00, sha 1f96b86ee72e)
  - site_page: https://cockpit-project.org/documentation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:08.465164+00:00, sha 75c174988ff5)
  - site_page: https://cockpit-project.org/guide/latest/features.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:08.469156+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
  - site_page: https://cockpit-project.org/running.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:08.462957+00:00, sha 24a08e342fe2)
  - site_page: https://cockpit-project.org/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:05:08.467122+00:00, sha dd100203baa9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.