# Foreman

Manage Procfile-based applications

Repository: https://github.com/ddollar/foreman
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/foreman
Homepage: http://ddollar.github.com/foreman
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-07-27T10:04:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 47/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 33, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5952, "days_push": 402, "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 6156, forks 627 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:36.682672+00:00)

## What it is
Foreman is a command-line tool for managing Procfile-based applications, letting developers declare and run multiple processes (web, worker, etc.) from a single file. It is written in Ruby and distributed as a gem, with ports in other languages such as forego (Go).

## Use cases
- run multiple processes from a procfile
- manage local development services
- start web and worker processes together
- export procfile apps to upstart or systemd
- run a heroku-style app locally

## When to choose
- you use Procfiles to define app processes
- you want a single command to run a multi-process dev environment
- you deploy to Heroku or a Procfile-based platform

## When to avoid
- you need full production process supervision like systemd or supervisor
- you want a GUI or container-based orchestration
- you don't use Procfiles

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, developer-tools, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform, ruby
- tags: procfile, process-manager, ruby, forego, dev-server, process-management, command-line, devops

## Member repositories
- ddollar/foreman (main) score 47
- ddollar/forego (mirror) score 55

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.682672+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 2026-08-29T17:47:29.848215+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ddollar/foreman (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.682672+00:00, sha 1867c13e1d9b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.