# Overv/outrun

Execute a local command using the processing power of another Linux machine.

Repository: https://github.com/Overv/outrun
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/outrun
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-01-24T20:32:43+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": 2563, "days_push": 1317, "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 3135, forks 64 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:45.669875+00:00)

## What it is
Outrun is a Python CLI tool that executes a local command using the CPU power of another Linux machine over SSH, without requiring the command to be installed remotely. It transparently mounts local files via FUSE and packages command dependencies so they run in a chroot on the remote host.

## Use cases
- run ffmpeg encoding on a more powerful remote machine
- execute a command remotely without installing it there
- offload compute-heavy tasks to another Linux host
- run a command on a different distro while keeping local file paths
- use remote processing power for local CLI tools

## When to choose
- you need more CPU power than your local machine has
- you want to run a command remotely without installing or configuring it there
- you work across different Linux distributions and want transparent file access

## When to avoid
- you don't have root/sudo access on the remote machine
- you don't trust the remote machine with full access to your local files
- you need low-latency execution since first runs copy dependencies over the network
- you're on macOS or Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, developer-tools, file-system, networking
- domain: developer-tools, microservices
- platform: python, cli
- tags: remote-execution, ssh, fuse, chroot, offloading, command-delegation, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- Overv/outrun (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.669875+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 2026-08-29T18:45:36.788235+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Overv/outrun (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:45.669875+00:00, sha 6da251fc730a)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/outrun/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:40:48.222965+00:00, sha e6d3c8054c96)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.