# visionmedia/deploy

Minimalistic deployment shell script

Repository: https://github.com/visionmedia/deploy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/visionmedia-deploy
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Last push: 2019-01-19T14:05:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5576, "days_push": 2783, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1148, forks 133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:46.026656+00:00)

## What it is
A minimalistic shell-based deployment tool that deploys git repositories to remote servers over SSH using a simple config file. It supports multiple environments, setup, revert, and post-deploy hooks.

## Use cases
- deploy a git repo to a server over ssh
- revert to a previous deployment
- run setup commands on a remote host
- deploy different environments like staging and production
- run post-deploy scripts after releasing
- open an ssh console to the deploy host

## When to choose
- you want a tiny, dependency-light git-based deploy script
- you deploy simple apps to a handful of servers via ssh
- you prefer config-file-driven deployments with git tags as releases

## When to avoid
- you need containerized or cloud-native deployments
- you want rollback across multiple servers with orchestration
- you need a maintained tool with active support or a license

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: deployment, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: shell-script, git-based-deployment, ssh, minimalist, devops, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- visionmedia/deploy (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:46.026656+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 2026-08-30T06:33:53.089828+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/visionmedia/deploy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:46.026656+00:00, sha e4c8f368f88c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.