# joefitzgerald/packer-windows

Windows Packer Templates

Repository: https://github.com/joefitzgerald/packer-windows
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/packer-windows
Language: PowerShell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-08-05T14:35:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4783, "days_push": 2585, "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 1644, forks 1085 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:16.036137+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of Packer templates for building Windows Vagrant boxes across Windows Server and desktop versions. It automates unattended Windows installation, updates, and OpenSSH setup for VMware and VirtualBox providers.

## Use cases
- build windows vagrant boxes automatically
- create windows vm images with packer
- automate unattended windows installation
- generate windows server templates for virtualbox
- provision windows 10 box for development
- pre-install windows updates in vm images

## When to choose
- you need reproducible Windows Vagrant boxes for VMware or VirtualBox
- you want automated unattended Windows setup with updates and OpenSSH
- you maintain legacy Windows 7/8/2008-2012 test environments

## When to avoid
- you need modern Windows 11 or Hyper-V/Cloud images
- you want actively maintained templates - the repo has not been updated since 2019
- you build Linux images instead of Windows

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: infrastructure-as-code, deployment, developer-tools
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, windows
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: packer, vagrant, windows-templates, virtualization, vmware, virtualbox, autounattend, devops, automation

## Member repositories
- joefitzgerald/packer-windows (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.036137+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 2026-08-30T03:45:50.088905+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/joefitzgerald/packer-windows (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:16.036137+00:00, sha fabde7e9f306)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.