# FOGProject/fogproject

An open source computer cloning & management system

Repository: https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fogproject
Homepage: https://fogproject.org
Language: PHP
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-26T19:53:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 97, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4523, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 22, "gap_med": 30.0, "n_releases_24m": 25}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1648, forks 283 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.560080+00:00)

## What it is
FOG is a free open-source computer cloning, imaging, and management system that deploys and manages Windows, macOS, and Linux machines over a network using PXE boot and a web GUI. It also provides inventory management, disk wiping, memory/disk testing, antivirus scans, and scheduled remote tasks.

## Use cases
- deploy windows images to many pcs over the network
- clone lab computers with pxe boot
- wipe disks before disposing of machines
- manage hardware and software inventory of workstations
- schedule remote os deployment tasks
- image mac and linux machines from a central server

## When to choose
- you need to image or reimage large fleets of PCs across a network
- you want a free, self-hosted alternative to commercial imaging suites
- you need centralized inventory and task management for client machines
- you operate multi-site networks needing distributed storage nodes

## When to avoid
- you only need to image a single machine occasionally
- you need modern MDM-style management for mobile devices
- you cannot run a dedicated Linux server on your network
- you need cloud-native or containerized deployment tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, configuration-management, monitoring, self-hosted, web-framework
- domain: networking, self-hosted, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: self-hosted, php
- tags: disk-imaging, pxe-boot, os-deployment, computer-cloning, inventory-management, network-boot, devops, automation, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- FOGProject/fogproject (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.560080+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 2026-08-30T03:45:11.542203+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FOGProject/fogproject (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.560080+00:00, sha 9f8b8284b882)
  - homepage: https://fogproject.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:57.974819+00:00, sha de7972cb29c5)
  - site_page: https://fogproject.org/about.html (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:57.977499+00:00, sha 6808adcbbc02)
  - site_page: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Location_Plugin (fetched 2026-08-29T11:18:57.980937+00:00, sha fd91356da53b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.