mitogen-hq/mitogen
Distributed self-replicating programs in Python observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
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: 12.5
- age_days: 3672
- days_rel: 8
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 43
Adoption not part of the score
2528 stars · 210 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Mitogen is a Python library for writing distributed self-replicating programs that bootstrap copies of themselves on remote machines over SSH with no package installation or configuration. It provides a low-level API for running Python code remotely, and is best known for accelerating Ansible via its Mitogen strategy plugin.
Use cases
- run python code on remote hosts over ssh without installing anything
- speed up ansible playbook execution
- manage damaged infrastructure with no writable filesystem or free disk space
- fan out function calls to many machines with scatter/gather
- bootstrap remote agents from a single ssh connection
- forward stdio and logging from remote machines
- escalate privileges with sudo or exotic connection methods like telnet or ipmi console
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose consumer-facing RPC framework
- you want a simple REST or HTTP API for remote calls
- your targets are non-Python or lack an SSH client and Python interpreter
Facets
library · maturity active
rpc concurrency developer-tools ssh microservices infrastructure-as-code developer-tools python cross-platform cli remote-execution ansible-acceleration self-replicating-programs zero-dependency privilege-escalation devops automation linux macos
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/mitogen-hq/mitogen · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5c5f16891c7e
- homepage: https://mitogen.networkgenomics.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 41627786b8eb
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/mitogen/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 63f9c9a0f46d
- site_page: https://mitogen.networkgenomics.com/changelog.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · a2b4fa1c48dc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mitogen-hq/mitogen | main | 99 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="mitogen-hq/mitogen")
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