# serversideup/spin

🚀 Replicate your production environment locally using Docker. Just run "spin up". It's really that easy.

Repository: https://github.com/serversideup/spin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/serversideup-spin
Homepage: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: docker, development-environment, docker-compose, docker-swarm, laravel, nodejs, devops
Last push: 2026-08-19T17:00:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1797, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 5, "n_releases_24m": 24}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1488, forks 66 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.146500+00:00)

## What it is
Spin is a bash-based CLI utility that wraps Docker and Docker Compose to replicate production environments locally and on servers with a single command ('spin up'). It centralizes infrastructure configuration, supports server provisioning, zero-downtime deployments, and automated SSL across macOS, Windows, and Linux.

## Use cases
- run my production docker environment locally with one command
- simplify docker compose workflows for my team
- deploy my laravel app to any vps with zero downtime
- provision and manage servers without vendor lock-in
- get automated ssl certificates for my self-hosted app
- standardize development environments across mac windows and linux
- use the same docker config in development and production

## When to choose
- your team uses Docker and wants consistent environments from local dev to production
- you want a Laravel Sail-like experience that also ships to production
- you self-host on any VPS and want simple provisioning, SSL, and zero-downtime deploys
- you want framework-agnostic Docker tooling with a simple CLI

## When to avoid
- you already use Kubernetes or a full container orchestration platform
- you prefer managed platforms like Vercel, Heroku, or Laravel Forge/Vapor
- your project does not use Docker at all
- you need a GUI-based deployment tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, deployment, container-orchestration, configuration-management, cli
- domain: self-hosted, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: docker-compose, laravel, local-development, zero-downtime-deployment, server-provisioning, shell, devops, containers, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- serversideup/spin (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.146500+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 2026-08-30T04:33:45.973348+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/serversideup/spin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.146500+00:00, sha 2776bc8fd1ea)
  - homepage: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:39:47.897862+00:00, sha 13019dd4123e)
  - site_page: https://serversideup.net/open-source/spin/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:39:47.906839+00:00, sha 7b31710a45ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.