hashicorp/vagrant
Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
78/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 44
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 26
- age_days: 6068
- days_rel: 377
- days_push: 30
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
27203 stars · 4394 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Vagrant is a command-line tool for building, provisioning, and managing portable, reproducible development environments as virtual machines or containers. Environments are described in a Vagrantfile and can run on providers like VirtualBox, VMware, Docker, AWS, or OpenStack.
Use cases
- set up a reproducible development environment with one command
- spin up a virtual machine for local development
- share identical dev environments across a team
- manage the lifecycle of virtual machines from the CLI
- provision a VM automatically with shell scripts, Chef, or Puppet
- test software on multiple operating systems locally
- avoid 'works on my machine' issues with disposable environments
When to choose
- you need consistent, disposable dev environments across Windows, macOS, and Linux
- your team wants a single Vagrantfile committed to version control so anyone can run vagrant up
- you want to automate VM provisioning with standard tools like shell, Chef, or Puppet
- you need to test against different OSes or provider backends (VirtualBox, VMware, Docker, AWS)
When to avoid
- you only need containerized environments - plain Docker or Docker Compose is lighter
- you want full infrastructure provisioning rather than dev environments - Terraform fits better
- you rely on the HCP Vagrant Registry, which is being deprecated in March 2027
- you need Kubernetes or orchestration rather than single-VM workflows
Facets
cli-tool · maturity stable
developer-tools configuration-management deployment cli developer-tools cross-platform cli windows vagrant virtual-machines vagrantfile boxes virtualbox vmware docker provisioning reproducible-environments hashicorp virtualization devops automation macos linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6d34aeb43ad0
- homepage: https://www.vagrantup.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · c648cb95d471
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs/synced-folders · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1144b015de1f
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/hcp/docs/vault-radar · fetched 2026-08-29 · 558d122b761a
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · efef73a37094
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · c44286aed9e0
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs/boxes · fetched 2026-08-29 · 09129f5391f0
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs/vagrantfile · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8ef2d42acf2c
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/docs/cli/up · fetched 2026-08-29 · bcff540c8993
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vagrant/intro · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6037fd8e55e0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hashicorp/vagrant | main | 78 |
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