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Foreman

Manage Procfile-based applications observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ddollar/foreman · homepage · Ruby · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

47/100

  • Activity 33
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5952
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 402
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6156 stars · 627 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Foreman is a command-line tool for managing Procfile-based applications, letting developers declare and run multiple processes (web, worker, etc.) from a single file. It is written in Ruby and distributed as a gem, with ports in other languages such as forego (Go).

Use cases

  • run multiple processes from a procfile
  • manage local development services
  • start web and worker processes together
  • export procfile apps to upstart or systemd
  • run a heroku-style app locally

When to choose

  • you use Procfiles to define app processes
  • you want a single command to run a multi-process dev environment
  • you deploy to Heroku or a Procfile-based platform

When to avoid

  • you need full production process supervision like systemd or supervisor
  • you want a GUI or container-based orchestration
  • you don't use Procfiles

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli developer-tools workflow-automation developer-tools web-development cli cross-platform ruby procfile process-manager ruby forego dev-server process-management command-line devops

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
ddollar/foremanmain47
ddollar/foregomirror55

For agents

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