# mattn/goreman

foreman clone written in go language

Repository: https://github.com/mattn/goreman
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/goreman
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, foreman, devops, golang
Last push: 2026-07-08T02:31:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 68, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5102, "days_push": 57, "days_rel": 57, "gap_med": 123, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2645, forks 207 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:06.727807+00:00)

## What it is
Goreman is a Go clone of the foreman tool that runs multiple processes defined in a Procfile, forwarding signals and displaying their combined output. It also supports RPC-based control of managed processes via the `goreman run` command.

## Use cases
- run multiple processes from a Procfile locally
- manage web and worker processes during development
- forward signals to child processes
- start and stop named processes via RPC
- replace foreman with a single Go binary

## When to choose
- you want a foreman-like process manager without Ruby
- you develop Go and want a single-binary tool
- you need signal forwarding to all managed processes

## When to avoid
- you need container-based process orchestration
- you require foreman's full feature set or export options
- you need production-grade process supervision

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, cli, workflow-automation, deployment
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: go, cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: procfile, process-manager, foreman-clone, multi-process, golang, devops, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mattn/goreman (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.727807+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 2026-08-30T02:18:59.772536+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mattn/goreman (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.727807+00:00, sha 8c21485e6ff5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.