# getporter/porter

Porter enables you to package your application artifact, client tools, configuration and deployment logic together as an installer that you can distribute, and install with a single command.

Repository: https://github.com/getporter/porter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/porter
Homepage: https://porter.sh
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: porter, cnab, cncf
Last push: 2026-08-24T20:21:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2861, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 47, "gap_med": 87, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1423, forks 223 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:41.264492+00:00)

## What it is
Porter is a CNCF Sandbox CLI tool that packages applications, client tools, configuration, and deployment logic into CNAB-based installers called bundles, distributable and installable with a single command. It offers a declarative authoring experience with mixins for tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform, plus plugins for credentials and secrets management.

## Use cases
- package an application and its deployment logic into a single installable bundle
- distribute a cloud application installer that users run with one command
- manage credentials and parameters for multi-environment deployments
- install helm charts, terraform, and docker-compose stacks via one tool
- move bundles across air-gapped environments
- standardize installation and upgrade workflows for kubernetes apps

## When to choose
- you need to distribute complex cloud-native applications as self-contained installers
- you want a declarative, mixin-based way to orchestrate helm, terraform, docker, and kubernetes deployments
- you need CNAB-compliant bundles with credential and secrets management
- you must support air-gapped or offline installation of software

## When to avoid
- you only need simple container image builds or a plain CI/CD pipeline without bundle packaging
- your deployment is a single helm chart and you don't need multi-tool orchestration
- you want a general-purpose infrastructure-as-code tool like Terraform or Pulumi
- your team cannot adopt the CNAB ecosystem or Porter's mixin/plugin model

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, configuration-management, cli, container-runtime, secrets-management, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, go
- tags: cnab, cloud-native, installer-packaging, cncf-sandbox, mixins, plugins, bundle-distribution, airgap, devops, containers, automation, linux, macos, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- getporter/porter (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.264492+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 2026-08-30T04:37:39.117279+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/getporter/porter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:41.264492+00:00, sha d60d9a34794b)
  - homepage: https://porter.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:05.665819+00:00, sha cc5f473af22e)
  - site_page: https://porter.sh/docs/getting-started/install-porter (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:05.674963+00:00, sha 7e50d3effd17)
  - site_page: https://porter.sh/docs/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:05.677857+00:00, sha bc07cea6c978)
  - site_page: https://porter.sh/docs/learn (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:05.679941+00:00, sha 4e8a04a162e6)
  - site_page: https://porter.sh/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:05.681932+00:00, sha c47b5d351890)
  - site_page: https://porter.sh/blog/install-multiple-plugins (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:05.683929+00:00, sha f2985b51f229)
  - site_page: https://porter.sh/docs/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:05.685783+00:00, sha f7012de10acc)
  - site_page: https://porter.sh/docs/introduction/what-is-porter (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:05.687993+00:00, sha a03daf6bbe3a)
  - site_page: https://porter.sh/docs/introduction/concepts-and-components (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:05.689881+00:00, sha 6ce15c2aca8a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.