# rancher/convoy

A Docker volume plugin, managing persistent container volumes.

Repository: https://github.com/rancher/convoy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rancher-convoy
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-12-31T12:03:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4254, "days_push": 1706, "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 1304, forks 132 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:18.421230+00:00)

## What it is
Convoy is a Docker volume plugin written in Go that manages persistent container volumes across multiple storage back-ends such as Device Mapper, NFS/VFS, and Amazon EBS. It supports snapshots, backups, restores, and volume migration or sharing between hosts, and can be deployed as a standalone binary.

## Use cases
- manage persistent volumes for docker containers
- snapshot and back up docker volumes
- migrate docker volumes between hosts
- share docker volumes across multiple hosts
- restore a docker volume from a previous backup
- schedule periodic snapshots of container volumes

## When to choose
- you run Docker 1.8+ on Linux and need persistent volumes with snapshot/backup support on Device Mapper, NFS, or EBS back-ends
- you need to migrate or share container volumes between hosts

## When to avoid
- you use a modern Docker or Kubernetes environment - the project is unmaintained since 2021 and Docker now has built-in volume plugins and CSI drivers
- you need support for storage back-ends beyond Device Mapper, VFS/NFS, or EBS
- you need production support or recent security fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: backup, file-system, cli
- domain: self-hosted
- platform: go
- tags: docker-volume-plugin, persistent-volumes, storage-backends, snapshots, volume-migration, containers, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- rancher/convoy (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.421230+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 2026-08-30T04:51:09.026903+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rancher/convoy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:18.421230+00:00, sha d3d7dbea8d2d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.