# exoframejs/exoframe

Exoframe is a self-hosted tool that allows simple one-command deployments using Docker

Repository: https://github.com/exoframejs/exoframe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/exoframe
Homepage: https://exoframejs.github.io/exoframe/
Language: TypeScript
License Family: other
Topics: nodejs, docker, exoframe, cli-app, docker-manage-tool, deployment, deploy-tool, self-hosted, docker-container, devops, traefik, exoframe-server
Last push: 2026-08-11T10:40:50+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 91, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3655, "days_push": 22, "days_rel": 63, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- 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 1154, forks 59 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:47.513146+00:00)

## What it is
Exoframe is a self-hosted deployment tool consisting of a CLI client and server that deploys projects to Docker with a single command, using Traefik for automated HTTPS, gzip, and rate-limiting. It supports SSH key auth, deploy tokens for CI, rolling updates, secrets, multi-user endpoints, and log access.

## Use cases
- deploy a project to my own server with one command
- self-hosted alternative to heroku using docker
- deploy from CI with deploy tokens
- automatically set up HTTPS and subdomains for docker deployments
- run rolling updates for dockerized apps
- manage multiple deployment endpoints and users

## When to choose
- you want simple one-command Docker deployments on your own server
- you need automated HTTPS via Traefik without manual reverse-proxy config
- you want CI-friendly deploys with tokens and secrets
- you prefer a lightweight self-hosted PaaS over Kubernetes complexity

## When to avoid
- you need full container orchestration, scaling, or multi-node clusters
- you already have an established Kubernetes or Docker Swarm workflow
- you need a managed platform with no server to maintain
- you require a license-audited dependency (repo shows no license file)

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, cli, container-runtime, http-server, auth, secrets-management, logging
- domain: self-hosted, developer-tools, cloud-computing
- platform: self-hosted, cli, windows
- tags: docker-deployment, traefik, one-command-deploy, letsencrypt, rolling-updates, deploy-tokens, paas-alternative, devops, containers, nodejs, docker, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- exoframejs/exoframe (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.513146+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 2026-08-30T06:33:22.364607+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/exoframejs/exoframe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.513146+00:00, sha 149d3ad2933d)
  - homepage: https://exoframejs.github.io/exoframe/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:38:00.115253+00:00, sha 039851b4d843)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/exoframe (fetched 2026-08-29T12:38:00.117888+00:00, sha 540c521c0228)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.