glidesh

Why glidesh?

Blazing Fast

Built in Rust with async SSH connections. Execute plans across hundreds of hosts concurrently with minimal overhead.

Zero Dependencies

No agent, no runtime, no Python — nothing to install on target machines. Just SSH access.

Stateless

No state files, no databases. Desired state is computed fresh every run using the two-phase check/apply pattern.

Idempotent

Every module checks current state before acting. Run plans repeatedly — only necessary changes are applied.

Quick Example

Define your targets in an inventory:

group "web" {
    host "web-1" "192.168.1.10" user="deploy"
    host "web-2" "192.168.1.11" user="deploy"
}

Describe the desired state in a plan:

plan "setup" {
    target "web"

    step "Install nginx" {
        package "nginx" state="present"
    }

    step "Start nginx" {
        systemd "nginx" {
            state "started"
            enabled #true
        }
    }
}

Run it:

glidesh run -i inventory.kdl -p plan.kdl