bohanwood/debi
Reinstall your VPS to minimal Debian observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
57/100
- Activity 54
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 2921
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 280
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1752 stars · 352 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A shell script that reinstalls any VPS or physical machine to a minimal Debian system via network boot by injecting the Debian installer into GRUB. It automates the installation with preseed/cloud-init and supports many cloud providers and regional mirror presets.
Use cases
- reinstall my VPS to minimal Debian
- convert Oracle Cloud Ubuntu instance to Debian
- remove cloud provider surveillance agents from my server
- automate unattended Debian installation with preseed
- rescue a broken server by reinstalling Debian over the network
- set up a clean Debian environment on DigitalOcean or Vultr
When to choose
- you need to wipe and reinstall a KVM-based VPS or dedicated server to Debian
- you want a minimal, clean Debian install without vendor bloat or agents
- you need automated, unattended Debian provisioning with preseed or cloud-init
- you want regional mirror/DNS/NTP presets for China or AWS
When to avoid
- your machine runs in a container (no GRUB bootloader)
- you need UEFI boot on AWS EC2 (BIOS only currently)
- you want to install a distribution other than Debian
- you lack root access on the target machine
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
deployment developer-tools configuration-management self-hosted operating-systems cloud-computing cli debian vps network-reinstall grub preseed shell-script provisioning devops linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/bohanwood/debi · fetched 2026-08-28 · 626d36939074
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bohanwood/debi | main | 57 |
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