# scotch-io/scotch-box

Scotch Box is a preconfigured Vagrant Box with a full array of LAMP Stack features to get you up and running with Vagrant in no time.

Repository: https://github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/scotch-box
Homepage: http://box.scotch.io
Language: PHP
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-05-25T08:45:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4349, "days_push": 3022, "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 2671, forks 522 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:09.533061+00:00)

## What it is
Scotch Box is a preconfigured Vagrant box providing a full LAMP/LEMP stack (Ubuntu, PHP, MySQL, Apache/NGINX) for local web development. It lets developers spin up a ready-to-use PHP development environment with a single 'vagrant up' command.

## Use cases
- set up a local PHP development environment quickly
- run a LAMP stack locally without installing PHP and MySQL on my machine
- spin up a preconfigured Vagrant box for Laravel development
- develop WordPress sites in an isolated local VM
- get a consistent dev environment across a team with Vagrant

## When to choose
- you need a dead-simple, preconfigured local LAMP/LEMP environment via Vagrant
- you want a consistent PHP/MySQL dev setup across Linux, macOS, and Windows
- you're working on legacy PHP projects matching its Ubuntu 16.04 / PHP 7 stack

## When to avoid
- you need current PHP/Ubuntu versions or active maintenance (last release 2018)
- you prefer Docker-based local development
- you need a production hosting environment rather than a dev box

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: infrastructure-as-code, web-framework, http-server, database, self-hosted, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: vagrant-box, lamp-stack, lemp-stack, local-development, php, mysql, nginx, apache, virtual-machine, development-environment, devops, linux, vagrant, virtualbox

## Member repositories
- scotch-io/scotch-box (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.533061+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 2026-08-30T02:18:09.214287+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/scotch-io/scotch-box (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:09.533061+00:00, sha cd64c36251ab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.