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Description:
Library and command-line tool for SSH

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 3.2.2@2 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Devops

Tags: ssh automation deployment python devops

Install: brew install fabric

About:
Fabric is a Python library and command-line tool for streamlining SSH-based application deployment or systems administration tasks. It provides a high-level API for executing shell commands, uploading/downloading files, and connecting to remote servers. Its core value proposition is simplifying complex remote automation workflows through Python scripting.

Key Features:

Pythonic API for SSH command execution and file transfers
Supports parallel server execution and command queuing
Integrates with Invoke for task management and local execution
Configurable connection and execution behavior

Use Cases:

Automating deployment of applications to multiple remote servers
Performing routine maintenance and configuration tasks on infrastructure
Orchestrating complex multi-server setup procedures

Alternatives:

Ansible – Agentless automation platform using YAML; less code-heavy than Fabric's Python approach
Paramiko – Lower-level SSHv2 protocol library; Fabric provides a more user-friendly interface on top of similar concepts

License: BSD-2-Clause

Dependencies: cryptography, libsodium, python@3.14

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 13, 2025 2:54pm	2	VERSION_BUMP	ba91e2a6
Oct 12, 2024 5:03pm	2	VERSION_BUMP	b08338b4
Oct 12, 2024 11:34am	2	VERSION_BUMP	f635d73e
Sep 13, 2024 4:05am	2	VERSION_BUMP	91a9e07e