# DBCDK/morph

NixOS deployment tool

Repository: https://github.com/DBCDK/morph
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/morph
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nix, nixos, devops, deployment, renovate-enabled, platform
Last push: 2026-07-20T07:42:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2900, "days_push": 44, "days_rel": 679, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1057, forks 66 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:24.786899+00:00)

## What it is
Morph is a CLI tool for managing and deploying NixOS host configurations, acting as a wrapper around nix-build, nix copy, and switch-to-configuration. It supports building, pushing, and activating configurations across multiple hosts with health checks and no persistent state.

## Use cases
- deploy nixos configurations to multiple servers
- roll out nixos updates with health checks
- push nix store closures to remote hosts over ssh
- run health checks after nixos deployment
- upload secrets to nixos hosts
- execute commands across a fleet of nixos machines
- dry-run nixos configuration changes before deploying

## When to choose
- you manage multiple NixOS hosts and want declarative multi-host deployments
- you want a stateless deployment tool built on plain nix tooling
- you need health checks to make rolling updates safer

## When to avoid
- you deploy non-NixOS Linux servers
- you want prebuilt binaries without a nix setup
- you need a full configuration management system like Ansible or Terraform

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, infrastructure-as-code, configuration-management, cli
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: cli
- tags: nixos, nix, multi-host-deployment, health-checks, stateless, ssh, devops, automation, linux

## Member repositories
- DBCDK/morph (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.786899+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 2026-08-30T06:57:54.397840+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/DBCDK/morph (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.786899+00:00, sha 52f1d58d5dc1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.