# brandonhilkert/fucking_shell_scripts

The easiest, most common sense configuration management tool... because you just use fucking shell scripts.

Repository: https://github.com/brandonhilkert/fucking_shell_scripts
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fucking_shell_scripts
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2015-02-17T13:30:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4765, "days_push": 4215, "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 1202, forks 87 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.329140+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: configuration-management, deployment, cli
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: cli, ruby, cross-platform
- tags: shell-scripts, server-provisioning, fog-gem, yaml-config, server-configuration, devops, automation

## Member repositories
- brandonhilkert/fucking_shell_scripts (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.329140+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 2026-08-30T06:20:34.998392+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brandonhilkert/fucking_shell_scripts (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.329140+00:00, sha b144f116cff0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.