# bohanwood/debi

Reinstall your VPS to minimal Debian

Repository: https://github.com/bohanwood/debi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/debi
Language: Shell
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: hacktoberfest
Last push: 2025-11-27T02:02:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 54, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2921, "days_push": 280, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1752, forks 352 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:31.699936+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: self-hosted, operating-systems, cloud-computing
- platform: cli
- tags: debian, vps, network-reinstall, grub, preseed, shell-script, provisioning, devops, linux

## Member repositories
- bohanwood/debi (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.699936+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 2026-08-30T03:28:17.548312+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bohanwood/debi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:31.699936+00:00, sha 626d36939074)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.