# pressly/sup

Super simple deployment tool - think of it like 'make' for a network of servers

Repository: https://github.com/pressly/sup
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sup
Homepage: https://pressly.github.io/sup
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-12-24T11:13:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4209, "days_push": 983, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2513, forks 183 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:57.518193+00:00)

## What it is
Stack Up (sup) is a simple deployment tool written in Go that runs defined shell commands on multiple hosts in parallel, configured via a YAML Supfile. It supports host networks, serial (rolling) execution, once-only commands, local commands, and dynamic host inventories.

## Use cases
- run commands on multiple servers in parallel
- restart docker containers across a fleet of hosts
- rolling update deployments with serial execution
- tail logs from all production servers at once
- build an image on one host and distribute it to all servers
- fetch dynamic host lists from an inventory endpoint
- simple make-like remote task runner over ssh

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, single-binary alternative to Ansible or Fabric
- you need parallel or throttled (serial) command execution across server groups
- your deployment is shell-command based and YAML config is enough
- you prefer a make-style tool for a network of servers

## When to avoid
- you need templating, idempotent modules, or complex orchestration like Ansible
- you need full CI/CD pipelines rather than remote command execution
- you require agent-based or container-native deployment tooling
- the project is in maintenance mode with infrequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: deployment, configuration-management, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli, go
- tags: remote-execution, parallel-ssh, yaml-config, rolling-update, server-fleet, deployment-tool, devops, automation, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- pressly/sup (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.518193+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 2026-08-30T02:26:18.857128+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pressly/sup (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.518193+00:00, sha 43c1db4214ff)
  - homepage: https://pressly.github.io/sup (fetched 2026-08-29T10:08:29.037312+00:00, sha ea44e756c31f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.