# rasa/vmware-tools-patches

Patch and build VMware tools automatically

Repository: https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vmware-tools-patches
Homepage: https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches/wiki
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2019-05-21T08:28:24+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": 4733, "days_push": 2661, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1214, forks 195 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:00.897378+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of shell scripts and patches that automate downloading, patching, and building VMware Tools on Linux guests. It applies kernel-compatibility patches so VMware Tools compiles across many kernel versions.

## Use cases
- automatically patch and build vmware tools on a linux vm
- fix vmware tools compile errors on new linux kernels
- install vmware tools in vmware fusion or workstation guests
- apply custom patches to vmware tools source before compiling
- script vmware tools installation for vm provisioning

## When to choose
- you need the official VMware Tools rather than open-vm-tools on a Linux guest
- vmware tools fails to compile against your kernel version
- you want a scripted, repeatable vmware tools install with custom patches

## When to avoid
- you can use the distro-packaged open-vm-tools package instead
- you run VMware on Windows or macOS guests rather than Linux
- you need a maintained tool - the project has not been updated since 2019

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, build-tool, deployment
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: vmware, vmware-tools, kernel-patches, shell-scripts, virtualization-guest-tools, virtualization, automation, linux

## Member repositories
- rasa/vmware-tools-patches (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:00.897378+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 2026-08-30T06:17:30.562815+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:00.897378+00:00, sha ac037472a490)
  - homepage: https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches/wiki (fetched 2026-08-29T12:25:22.718290+00:00, sha 3de6df358ab0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.