# pch/welder

👨‍🏭Set up your Linux server with plain shell scripts

Repository: https://github.com/pch/welder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/welder
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: server, linux-server, server-setup, bash, shell
Last push: 2021-09-18T14:01:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3375, "days_push": 1810, "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 1177, forks 30 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:52.752048+00:00)

## What it is
Welder is a lightweight CLI tool for setting up Linux servers using plain shell scripts organized into playbooks. It copies script modules to a server via rsync and executes them with sudo, offering simple variable templating as a minimal alternative to Ansible.

## Use cases
- set up a new linux server with shell scripts
- simple alternative to ansible for server provisioning
- run reusable setup scripts on remote servers
- provision nginx and firewall with bash
- template config files during server setup
- bootstrap vps without extra dependencies

## When to choose
- you find Ansible too heavy and just want to run shell scripts on a server
- you want zero dependencies beyond rsync
- you prefer plain bash over YAML-based configuration management

## When to avoid
- you need idempotency, rollback, or complex orchestration
- you manage large fleets of servers requiring inventory and role management
- you need cross-platform support beyond Linux

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: configuration-management, deployment, cli, developer-tools
- domain: self-hosted
- platform: cli
- tags: server-setup, shell-scripts, ansible-alternative, provisioning, rsync, devops, automation, command-line, linux, bash

## Member repositories
- pch/welder (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.752048+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 2026-08-30T06:26:17.607360+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pch/welder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.752048+00:00, sha d16f729b8760)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.