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Capistrano

Remote server automation and deployment tool written in Ruby that runs deployment tasks over SSH from the developer's command line.

Capistrano is a deployment tool written in Ruby that connects to remote servers over SSH and runs the deployment tasks defined in a project. The cap command runs on the developer’s machine after the Capistrano gem is installed, either as a standalone gem or through a Gemfile. The project’s documentation lists third-party plugins on its own site, and the README describes the tool as built on Ruby, Rake and SSH.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Tom Clements, Lee Hambley4
First release
20097

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Dev only6
Install with
gem install3

Releases

Current major version
38
Last release
2026-05-168

Adoption

GitHub stars
13,0122
Contributors
2219
Dependent repositories
41,41510
Dependent packages
1,30710

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-28: links, Categories
    capistranorb.com/
  2. 2026-10-28: links, Written in, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/capistrano/capistrano
  3. 2026-10-28: links, Install with
    capistranorb.com/documentation/getting-started/installation/
  4. 2026-10-28: Maintainer, License, License model
    raw.githubusercontent.com/capistrano/capistrano/master/LICENSE.txt
  5. 2026-10-28: Runtime, Minimum runtime
    raw.githubusercontent.com/capistrano/capistrano/v3.20.1/capistrano.gemspec
  6. 2026-10-28: Runs as
    github.com/capistrano/capistrano/blob/master/README.md
  7. 2026-10-28: First release
    rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/capistrano.json
  8. 2026-10-28: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/capistrano/capistrano/releases/tag/v3.20.1
  9. 2026-10-28: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/capistrano/capistrano/contributors?per_page=1
  10. 2026-10-28: Dependent packages, Dependent repositories
    packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/capistrano

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