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Top 22 Shell Deployment Projects
- Project mention: Show HN: Mushak – Zero config zero downtime Docker Compose to server deployment | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-21
Looks similar to Docker rollout plugin https://docker-rollout.wowu.dev
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nixos-anywhere
Install NixOS everywhere via SSH [maintainers=@Mic92 @Lassulus @phaer @Enzime @a-kenji]
Project mention: Servidor de Factorio 100% declarativo com NixOS e Terraform no Magalu Cloud | dev.to | 2025-09-03 -
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cipi
Install and manage your server like a pro! With Cipi you don’t need to be a Sys Admin to deploy and manage websites and PHP applications powered by cloud VPS.
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bastille
Bastille is an open-source system for automating deployment and management of containerized applications on FreeBSD.
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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kubectl-plugins
A Collection of Plugins for kubectl Integration (exec as any user, context switching, etc). (by jordanwilson230)
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heroku-buildpack-rust
A buildpack for Rust applications on Heroku, with full support for Rustup, cargo and build caching.
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On digital ocean (at least) you can upload your own images and boot droplets directly from them.
In the past I've used a script called "alpine-make-vm-image" to run alpine images in digital ocean.
https://github.com/alpinelinux/alpine-make-vm-image
(Maybe that script does some magic to make booting a droplet directly from the image possible. On that I plead ignorance :)
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bento
A KISS deployment tool to keep your NixOS fleet (servers & workstations) up to date. (by rapenne-s)
- Project mention: Building and Publishing Games to Steam Directly from GitHub Actions | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-24
You can see it on the totp section of the underlying project https://github.com/game-ci/steam-deploy
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- Project mention: Nginx Introduces Native Support for Acme Protocol | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-13
We have an official action that does exactly what you're asking for.
https://github.com/dokku/github-action
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ezinnit
ezinnit initializes your gitlab repository and your server. Your app will be live and commits to main will automatically deploy.
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openstack-deployment
OpenStack installation and deployment scripts with KVM, QEMU to create ports, launch instances, attach interfaces manage configuration. Ansible, Bash.
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turbo-cloud
The lightweight and easy way to deploy static websites, web apps, backends, IoT projects, and any other web projects without any vendor lock-in, straight from your local directory. No Git required, no wasting time on configuration, no setup, zero dependencies - just run one command
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ryo-host
Deploy a rollyourown host server using Ansible. Mirror of the https://rollyourown.xyz ryo-host repository.
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Deployment projects in Shell? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | docker-rollout | 3,044 |
| 2 | nixos-anywhere | 2,700 |
| 3 | edeliver | 1,974 |
| 4 | Installomator | 1,334 |
| 5 | cipi | 1,103 |
| 6 | awesome-k8s-tools | 1,021 |
| 7 | bastille | 997 |
| 8 | rust-musl-cross | 718 |
| 9 | kubectl-plugins | 633 |
| 10 | heroku-buildpack-rust | 524 |
| 11 | rsync-deployments | 424 |
| 12 | alpine-make-vm-image | 352 |
| 13 | bento | 308 |
| 14 | steam-deploy | 296 |
| 15 | linuxdeploy-cli | 271 |
| 16 | github-action-wpe-site-deploy | 189 |
| 17 | github-action | 189 |
| 18 | ezinnit | 16 |
| 19 | racker | 14 |
| 20 | openstack-deployment | 6 |
| 21 | turbo-cloud | 2 |
| 22 | ryo-host | 1 |
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