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🔧 pyinfra turns Python code into shell commands and runs them on your servers. Execute ad-hoc commands and write declarative operations. Target SSH servers, local machine and Docker containers. Fast and scales from one server to thousands.

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Forks: 548
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Indexed issues: 124
Avg merge: 7d 17h
Merged PRs (30d): 13

Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 16, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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124 open issues indexed

files.put fails when dest is a directory, src is a file, and create_remote_dir=True has to create the directory. Open

bug connectors operations

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1965 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 17, 2026
Nested `ProxyJump` is discarded: `connect()` overwrites the `sock` computed by `parse_config()` Open

bug connectors operations

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1963 · Opened Sep 17, 2026
Unable to use `files.rsync` with sudo. Open

bug connectors operations

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1948 · Opened Sep 6, 2026
Facts not working properly with su and FreeBSD target Open

bug connectors operations

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1947 · Opened Sep 6, 2026
Introducing nopy - PyInfra tooling for node.js Open

connectors new feature operations

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1943 · Opened Sep 1, 2026
Errors with "fatal: --local can only be used inside a git repository" if .git owned by different user Open

bug connectors operations

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1930 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
Adding OpenTofu connector Open

connectors

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1929 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 22, 2026
Exclude **data from files.template automatic operation labels Open

facts new feature operations

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1896 · Opened Jul 22, 2026
bug: exec verifies access to path-like arguments that exist locally as if they were task files Open

bug connectors operations

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1883 · Opened Jul 13, 2026
Cannot set operation argument as list from CLI Open

bug facts operations

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1869 · Opened Jul 7, 2026
Corrupt colored output Open

bug connectors operations

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1862 · Opened Jul 3, 2026
pyinfra tries sudo without password when --use-sudo-password / config.USE_SUDO_PASSWORD is set Open

bug connectors

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1850 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 22, 2026
Improving BlockDevices fact Open

facts

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1838 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 16, 2026
infra: tests infrastructure doesn't convert scalar value to Enum when needed Open

bug connectors operations

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1837 · Opened Jun 16, 2026
`_doas = True` fails with error `doas: Authentication required` Open

bug connectors documentation operations security

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1834 · Opened Jun 14, 2026
Brew tap - Add the option to trust tap/formula Open

dependency issue new feature operations

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1828 · Opened Jun 11, 2026
Security audit follow-up to #1760: injection sinks and hardening not yet covered (AI-generated, under investigation) Open

security

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1819 · Opened Jun 10, 2026
Security audit: unquoted user input in shell commands (command injection hardening) Open

security

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1760 · 1 comment · Opened May 18, 2026
--limit <group> still merges non-selected groups' data, causing host data overwrites Open

bug CLI

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1756 · 3 comments · Opened May 16, 2026
assume_exists possibility for various files operations Open

operations

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1746 · 8 comments · 4 reactions · Opened May 13, 2026
support paramiko 5.0.0 Open

API connectors dependency issue

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1742 · 3 reactions · Opened May 11, 2026
ask password with prompt Open

new feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1736 · Opened May 8, 2026
Track: split #1594 into phased PRs (unified package model rollout) Open

API facts new feature operations spec

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1725 · 3 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened May 5, 2026
ssh ProxyJump CLI Open

CLI

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1720 · 1 reaction · Opened May 3, 2026
Profile and time deploy operations Open

spec

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1717 · 2 reactions · Opened May 2, 2026
Fragile sudo handling for @local connector Open

bug connectors

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1688 · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 21, 2026
String quoting/escaping should be the default for commands Open

API

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1646 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 30, 2026
FR: config.SKIP_IDEMPOTENCY flag Open

API spec

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1624 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 21, 2026
`extra-platforms` for environment detection Open

discussion facts

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1612 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 17, 2026
Feature: make files.blockinfile more consistent with Ansible Open

operations spec

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1602 · Opened Mar 14, 2026
Docker restart support: restart docker container if any settings changed. Open

operations

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1561 · Opened Feb 21, 2026
Support dynamic deploy names from parameters Open

API spec

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1534 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 24, 2026
Docker/Podman: full feature parity Open

operations

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1511 · 11 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Dec 12, 2025
`sudo-rs` not supported Open

bug dependency issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1499 · 14 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 9, 2025
Support Ansible Modules Open

operations spec

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1484 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 11, 2025
Asynchronous operation, Asynchronous ssh, sftp file attribute manipulation, scp file transfer Open

discussion spec

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1478 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 7, 2025
Ansible compatability for well known file operations lineinfile, blockinfile and template Open

operations spec

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 32/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1477 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 7, 2025
Async & immediate-mode API Open

API spec

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1474 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 3, 2025
3.5.1 and 3.5.2 tarballs fail to build (uv-dynamic-versioning errors) Open

bug

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1473 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 1, 2025
Please support custom fact gathering in connectors Open

connectors spec

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1459 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 24, 2025
Typing Question on FactBase.command in 3.x (3.4.1 at the moment) Open

discussion facts

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1444 · Opened Sep 1, 2025
files.get with sudo fail with "Permission denied" Open

bug operations

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1440 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 27, 2025
CJK chracters causing result table columns to shift Open

bug CLI

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1438 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 23, 2025
files.directory doesn't ensure recursive ownership (add op arg) Open

operations

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1435 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 16, 2025
Programs utilizing the API should be able to invoke the CLI function `make_inventory()` Open

API bug CLI

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1432 · Opened Aug 13, 2025
rsync operation stuck in jetbrains-gateway Open

bug operations

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1401 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 17, 2025
Positional arguments in any operations result in `Too few arguments` mypy errors Open

API bug

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1389 · 4 comments · Opened Jul 3, 2025
Mock of paramiko SFTP client is flakey Open

bug

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1387 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 1, 2025
Context manager for local/temporary config overrides. Open

API spec

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pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1369 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 4, 2025
xbps.packages: handle forced xbps upgrade Open

bug operations

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pyinfra-dev/pyinfra#1361 · 1 comment · Opened May 27, 2025

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