# Sceptre/sceptre

Build better AWS infrastructure

Repository: https://github.com/Sceptre/sceptre
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sceptre
Homepage: https://docs.sceptre-project.org
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: aws, cloudformation, infrastructure, python, devops, cloud, sceptre
Last push: 2026-08-03T16:35:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3501, "days_push": 30, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1533, forks 301 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:59.587518+00:00)

## What it is
Sceptre is a Python CLI tool that drives AWS CloudFormation, automating stack creation, dependency resolution, and multi-account/region deployments. It separates stack templates from configuration and supports YAML, JSON, Jinja2, and Python DSL templates with customizable resolvers and hooks.

## Use cases
- manage AWS CloudFormation stacks from the command line
- deploy multiple CloudFormation stacks with dependency ordering
- reuse CloudFormation templates across dev and prod environments
- automate AWS infrastructure provisioning in a CI/CD pipeline
- pass stack outputs as parameters to dependent stacks
- manage CloudFormation stacks across multiple AWS accounts and regions

## When to choose
- your team uses AWS CloudFormation and wants no state file to manage
- you need stack dependency resolution and group-level operations
- you want Jinja2 or Python (Troposphere) templating for CloudFormation
- you deploy to many AWS accounts or regions

## When to avoid
- you prefer Terraform or Pulumi for multi-cloud infrastructure
- you want drift detection and plan/preview before applying changes
- you are not using AWS CloudFormation

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: infrastructure-as-code, cli, deployment, cloud, configuration-management
- domain: infrastructure-as-code, cloud-computing
- platform: cli, python, cross-platform
- tags: aws, cloudformation, stack-management, iac, ci-cd, devops, automation, docker

## Member repositories
- Sceptre/sceptre (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.587518+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 2026-08-30T04:31:14.238903+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Sceptre/sceptre (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:59.587518+00:00, sha e4255fac9620)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/sceptre/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:33:52.164668+00:00, sha 8385680a7ad1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.