# samba-team/samba

https://gitlab.com/samba-team/samba is the Official GitLab mirror of https://git.samba.org/samba.git   --   Merge requests should be made on GitLab (not on GitHub)

Repository: https://github.com/samba-team/samba
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/samba-team-samba
Homepage: https://www.samba.org
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: samba
Last push: 2026-09-02T08:16:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4072, "days_push": 0, "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 1133, forks 487 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:17.635621+00:00)

## What it is
Samba is the standard open-source Windows interoperability suite for Linux and Unix, implementing the SMB/CIFS protocol for file and print services. It also provides an Active Directory domain controller and domain member implementation, integrating Linux/Unix systems into Windows environments.

## Use cases
- share files from a Linux server to Windows clients over SMB
- set up a Samba Active Directory domain controller
- join a Linux server to an existing Active Directory domain
- build a network attached storage (NAS) appliance
- provide print services to Windows machines from Unix
- replace a Windows file server with a Linux one
- authenticate Linux users against Active Directory with Kerberos and LDAP

## When to choose
- you need SMB/CIFS file sharing on Linux or Unix
- you must integrate Linux servers into a Windows Active Directory environment
- you want an open-source AD domain controller
- you are building NAS or software-defined storage with SMB support

## When to avoid
- you only need NFS sharing between Unix systems
- you need a full Windows Server replacement with Group Policy management tooling
- you want a simple GUI-driven file server without configuration work

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: http-server, auth, security, file-system, networking
- domain: networking, self-hosted, operating-systems, backend
- platform: cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: smb, cifs, active-directory, file-sharing, print-services, domain-controller, nas, windows-interoperability, linux

## Member repositories
- samba-team/samba (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:17.635621+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 2026-08-30T06:39:35.108303+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/samba-team/samba (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:17.635621+00:00, sha 255add683378)
  - homepage: https://www.samba.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:57.501040+00:00, sha 9b545472fe66)
  - site_page: https://www.samba.org/samba/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:57.510039+00:00, sha b07a8ed47a19)
  - site_page: https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/GPL.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:43:57.511843+00:00, sha bab1f0ea20ff)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.