# zendesk/samson

Web interface for deployments, with plugin architecture and kubernetes support

Repository: https://github.com/zendesk/samson
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/samson
Language: Ruby
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: kubernetes, cd, continuous-delivery
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-01-30T17:58:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 65, release rhythm 44, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4481, "days_push": 215, "days_rel": 378, "gap_med": 3.0, "n_releases_24m": 25}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1442, forks 233 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.757663+00:00)

## What it is
Samson is a self-hosted web interface for managing deployments, built by Zendesk in Ruby. It supports staging/production stages, streams deploy output to viewers, integrates with Kubernetes, and offers a plugin architecture and API.

## Use cases
- deploy code to staging and production from a web UI
- watch deploys stream in real time across a team
- deploy to kubernetes clusters via API calls
- review history and output of past deployments
- self-host a continuous delivery dashboard for multiple projects

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted web-based deployment tool with kubernetes support
- your team needs shared visibility into deploy status and history
- you want to extend deployment behavior via plugins

## When to avoid
- you need active development and new features - the project is in maintenance mode and Zendesk is migrating off it
- you want a fully managed SaaS deployment solution
- you are not comfortable running Ruby/MySQL/PostgreSQL infrastructure yourself

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: deployment, web-framework, workflow-automation, container-orchestration
- domain: self-hosted, web-development
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: continuous-delivery, deployment-dashboard, kubernetes-deploys, ruby-on-rails, plugin-architecture, devops, web-server, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- zendesk/samson (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.757663+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 2026-08-30T04:36:26.117438+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zendesk/samson (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.757663+00:00, sha 354e1ceae763)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.