brandonhilkert/fucking_shell_scripts
The easiest, most common sense configuration management tool... because you just use fucking shell scripts. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4765
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 4215
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1202 stars · 87 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Ruby-based server configuration management tool that provisions cloud servers (via the fog gem) and configures them by running plain shell scripts defined in YAML server definitions. It was designed as a deliberately simple alternative to Chef, Ansible, and Puppet.
Use cases
- configure servers with plain shell scripts instead of chef or ansible
- provision AWS EC2 instances from yaml definitions
- automate server setup with shell scripts
- simple alternative to puppet for cloud server configuration
- transfer config files and run setup scripts on new servers
- manage multi-server cloud deployments without learning a dsl
When to choose
- you want dead-simple server provisioning using shell scripts you already know
- you use AWS or other fog-supported clouds and find Chef/Ansible/Puppet overkill
- you maintain a small legacy setup already built with this tool
When to avoid
- you need an actively maintained tool with security updates
- you need idempotent, declarative configuration management at scale
- you need multi-cloud orchestration features beyond basic provisioning
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
configuration-management deployment cli cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code cli ruby cross-platform shell-scripts server-provisioning fog-gem yaml-config server-configuration devops automation
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/brandonhilkert/fucking_shell_scripts · fetched 2026-08-28 · b144f116cff0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| brandonhilkert/fucking_shell_scripts | main | 32 |
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