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petems/tugboat

A command line tool for interacting with your DigitalOcean droplets. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/petems/tugboat · Ruby · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4890
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 3097
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1438 stars · 86 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Tugboat is a Ruby-based command line tool for managing DigitalOcean droplets, offering commands to create, destroy, and SSH into servers. It predates DigitalOcean's official doctl client and is now maintained only for users who prefer its workflow.

Use cases

  • manage digitalocean droplets from the terminal
  • ssh into my digitalocean servers quickly
  • create and destroy droplets via cli
  • list digitalocean images and regions
  • script digitalocean server management
  • alternative to doctl for digitalocean

When to choose

  • you prefer tugboat's workflow over doctl
  • you work in a Ruby environment and want a gem-based tool
  • you need a lightweight CLI for common droplet operations

When to avoid

  • you want official support and the latest DigitalOcean API features
  • you need a actively developed tool with recent releases
  • you use other cloud providers besides DigitalOcean

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

cli cloud developer-tools ssh cloud-computing developer-tools cli ruby cross-platform digitalocean droplets cloud-management ruby-gem command-line devops

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