# ianmiell/shutit

Automation framework for programmers

Repository: https://github.com/ianmiell/shutit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shutit
Homepage: http://ianmiell.github.io/shutit/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, vagrant, pexpect, docker
Last push: 2022-08-14T14:43:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4544, "days_push": 1480, "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 2138, forks 109 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:18.165658+00:00)

## What it is
ShutIt is a Python-based automation framework that models a user's terminal actions, acting as a modular wrapper around pexpect. Originally built for complex Docker builds, it supports bash, Docker, Vagrant, and SSH targets, and can also generate interactive tutorials and demo recordings.

## Use cases
- automate command-line tasks with bash-like scripting
- build complex Docker images from scripts
- create reproducible Vagrant cluster environments
- turn shell scripts into stateless containers
- produce interactive terminal tutorials with challenges
- record asciinema-style walkthroughs of setups

## When to choose
- you prefer bash-style scripting over declarative configuration management
- you need to automate interactive terminal sessions
- you want to build Docker or Vagrant environments programmatically
- you want to create teachable, reproducible command-line walkthroughs

## When to avoid
- you need a full configuration management system like Ansible or Terraform
- you require modern CI/CD pipeline tooling
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates
- your automation targets GUIs or non-terminal interfaces

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: workflow-automation, developer-tools, cli, deployment, container-runtime
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: pexpect, terminal-automation, docker-builds, vagrant, scripting, tutorials, automation, devops, containers, command-line, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- ianmiell/shutit (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.165658+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 2026-08-30T02:51:36.607951+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ianmiell/shutit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:18.165658+00:00, sha bf25adf5e0e7)
  - homepage: http://ianmiell.github.io/shutit/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:31:36.191630+00:00, sha 322d36fe9bc2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.