# fgrehm/vagrant-cachier

Caffeine reducer

Repository: https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-cachier
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vagrant-cachier
Homepage: http://fgrehm.viewdocs.io/vagrant-cachier
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-12-05T22:16:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4913, "days_push": 1367, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1063, forks 107 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:26.301768+00:00)

## What it is
A Vagrant plugin that shares a common package cache (apt, yum, gem, etc.) among similar VM instances to speed up provisioning. It supports multiple package managers, Linux distros, and Vagrant providers like VirtualBox, Docker, and libvirt.

## Use cases
- speed up vagrant provisioning by caching packages
- share apt cache between vagrant boxes
- cache package downloads across multiple vms
- reduce provisioning time for vagrant environments
- cache gem and npm packages in vagrant vms

## When to choose
- you use Vagrant with VirtualBox, Docker, or libvirt providers and repeatedly provision similar boxes
- you want a shared package cache across multiple package managers without manual setup

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained tool - the project is archived and unmaintained
- you don't use Vagrant or provision VMs infrequently
- you rely on cloud providers, which the plugin disables itself for

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: caching, configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli
- tags: vagrant, package-cache, virtualization, ruby, unmaintained, devops, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- fgrehm/vagrant-cachier (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.301768+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 2026-08-30T06:56:38.978169+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-cachier (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:26.301768+00:00, sha e2363e0df856)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.