# deployphp/deployer

The PHP deployment tool with support for popular frameworks out of the box

Repository: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/deployer
Homepage: https://deployer.org
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, deployment, tool, deploy, provision
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:50:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4801, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 107, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 22}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 11097, forks 1509 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:46.097158+00:00)

## What it is
Deployer is an open-source PHP deployment tool that automates releasing applications to servers via SSH, with zero-downtime atomic symlink deployments and one-command rollback. It ships ready-made recipes for popular frameworks like Laravel, Symfony, and WordPress, and can provision fresh servers including firewall, PHP, database, and HTTPS setup.

## Use cases
- deploy a Laravel app to a VPS with zero downtime
- provision a fresh Ubuntu server with PHP, firewall, and HTTPS in one command
- roll back a bad release instantly from the command line
- deploy a PHP project to multiple servers in parallel
- set up repeatable deployment recipes for Symfony or WordPress
- integrate PHP deployments into a CI/CD pipeline

## When to choose
- you deploy PHP applications to your own servers over SSH
- you want zero-downtime atomic deployments with easy rollback
- you use a mainstream PHP framework and want an out-of-the-box recipe
- you need to provision and configure a VPS without separate tooling

## When to avoid
- you deploy to serverless or container platforms like Kubernetes or Docker-based PaaS
- your stack is not PHP
- you need a full configuration-management tool like Ansible for complex multi-service infrastructure

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: deployment, configuration-management, ci-cd, developer-tools, cli
- domain: web-development, developer-tools
- platform: php, cli, cross-platform
- tags: php-deployment, zero-downtime, server-provisioning, recipes, ssh, rollback, atomic-deploys, devops, automation, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- deployphp/deployer (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.097158+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 2026-08-29T17:16:48.204790+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/deployphp/deployer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:46.097158+00:00, sha c72aa775164e)
  - homepage: https://deployer.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:32.972410+00:00, sha 1924863f6197)
  - site_page: https://deployer.org/docs/8.x/contrib (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:32.986468+00:00, sha b81eaf2f7dfd)
  - site_page: https://deployer.org/docs/8.x/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:32.982054+00:00, sha 7fb08f0c7982)
  - site_page: https://deployer.org/docs/8.x/recipe (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:32.984530+00:00, sha cc6be9132bf0)
  - site_page: https://deployer.org/docs/8.x/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:32.989169+00:00, sha c6c93e3c8925)
  - site_page: https://deployer.org/docs/7.x/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:32.991131+00:00, sha 05ab2db3d15f)
  - site_page: https://deployer.org/docs/6.x/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:32.992943+00:00, sha 3346661ee0ee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.