# dotless-de/vagrant-vbguest

A Vagrant plugin to keep your VirtualBox Guest Additions up to date

Repository: https://github.com/dotless-de/vagrant-vbguest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vagrant-vbguest
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-12-17T15:26:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5475, "days_push": 990, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2865, forks 220 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:26.581037+00:00)

## What it is
A Vagrant plugin that automatically installs and keeps the host's VirtualBox Guest Additions up to date on guest systems. It is written in Ruby and was archived in December 2023, so it no longer receives updates or support.

## Use cases
- automatically install VirtualBox Guest Additions in a Vagrant VM
- keep guest additions version in sync with the host VirtualBox
- fix shared folder and clipboard issues in Vagrant VirtualBox boxes
- configure a custom Guest Additions ISO path or URL for offline installs
- disable guest additions auto-update for specific Vagrant machines

## When to choose
- you use Vagrant with VirtualBox and need matching Guest Additions installed automatically
- you want a zero-config plugin that detects and fixes version mismatches on boot
- you need to point to a custom or remote VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software, since the project was archived in 2023
- you use a Vagrant provider other than VirtualBox
- your Vagrant or VirtualBox versions are too new and may be incompatible with the frozen codebase

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: workflow-automation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, cli
- tags: vagrant, virtualbox, guest-additions, vagrant-plugin, archived, virtualization, devops

## Member repositories
- dotless-de/vagrant-vbguest (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:26.581037+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 2026-08-29T18:48:28.959634+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dotless-de/vagrant-vbguest (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:26.581037+00:00, sha a6d65045babd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.