# heroku/legacy-cli

Heroku CLI

Repository: https://github.com/heroku/legacy-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/legacy-cli
Homepage: https://cli.heroku.com
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-02-12T11:37:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6378, "days_push": 1663, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1354, forks 374 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:29.058949+00:00)

## What it is
The legacy Ruby-based Heroku command line interface for managing Heroku applications, deployments, and platform resources. It has been superseded by the current Node.js-based Heroku CLI and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- manage heroku apps from the command line
- deploy apps to heroku with git
- view heroku app logs in terminal
- scale heroku dynos via cli
- provision heroku add-ons from shell
- run heroku app locally

## When to choose
- you must maintain or audit a legacy environment pinned to the old Ruby CLI
- you need to study the historical Ruby implementation of the Heroku CLI

## When to avoid
- you want to use the Heroku CLI today - use the current Node.js-based heroku/cli instead
- you need bug fixes, security updates, or support for new Heroku features
- you are setting up a new Heroku project

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, deployment, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cloud-computing
- platform: cli, cross-platform, windows
- tags: heroku, paas, legacy, ruby, superseded, command-line, devops, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- heroku/legacy-cli (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.058949+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 2026-08-30T04:42:01.781288+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/heroku/legacy-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.058949+00:00, sha 5a4493dc0684)
  - homepage: https://cli.heroku.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:31.602862+00:00, sha 99a5aae8d769)
  - site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-nodejs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:31.616910+00:00, sha 8b928217ca37)
  - site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-rails6 (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:31.619325+00:00, sha 453bf0da384b)
  - site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-ruby (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:31.622269+00:00, sha 88312ad1ccd1)
  - site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-python (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:31.624758+00:00, sha 3819bac75b9c)
  - site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-java (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:31.627160+00:00, sha dc7790cb59cd)
  - site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-php (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:31.629454+00:00, sha e2e31417b3cf)
  - site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/categories/reference (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:31.612929+00:00, sha b8184340bb0d)
  - site_page: https://devcenter.heroku.com/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:31.615100+00:00, sha 503d43abd007)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.