# Shipit

Rails engine that adds a web interface for deploying GitHub repositories, with deploy checklists, locks and rollbacks.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/shipit-engine/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine
- docs: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/README.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Shopify Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2015
- hqCountry: CA

### Kind

- category: dev-tool
- hosting: ruby
- language: ruby
- runtime: ruby
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: rails

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: mysql, postgres, sqlite
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: rails new with the Shipit Rails template

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1493
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 168
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 6
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/Shopify/shipit-engine (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms (read 2026-10-28)
- hqCountry: https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/Shopify/shipit-engine (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- basedOn: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/docs/setup.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- databases: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/docs/setup.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/docs/setup.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/Shopify/shipit-engine (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/Shopify/shipit-engine/blob/main/LICENSE.txt (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/Shopify/shipit-engine/commits/v0.0.1.pre (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/Shopify/shipit-engine/releases (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/shipit-engine.json (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/Shopify/shipit-engine (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/Shopify/shipit-engine/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/rubygems.org/packages/shipit-engine (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Shipit is a Rails engine that adds a web interface for deploying GitHub repositories, with deploy checklists, locks and rollbacks. It is set up as a Rails application from a template the project provides.

A running Shipit needs a database (MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite3), Redis, and a GitHub App that authenticates users, receives webhooks and accesses the API. Shopify Inc. publishes the project.

## Worth knowing

Shipit runs as an always-on Rails application, because GitHub delivers webhooks to it.

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