pexpect vs ShutIt

pexpect

A Python module for controlling interactive programs in a pseudo-terminal (by pexpect)

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pexpect.readthedocs.io

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ShutIt

Automation framework for programmers (by ianmiell)

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ianmiell.github.io

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pexpect		ShutIt
	Project
2	Mentions	-
2,529	Stars	2,141
0.6%	Growth	-
6.3	Activity	0.0
3 months ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Python	Language	Python
ISC License	License	MIT License

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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pexpect

Posts with mentions or reviews of pexpect. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

Pexpect fails to accept any passwords (7 lines of code)
1 project | /r/learnpython | 14 Feb 2022

Maybe copy/paste the login() function from https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect/blob/master/examples/passmass.py to see if it gives the same result.
How to launch a python console from inside a script
1 project | /r/learnprogramming | 10 Aug 2021

Something like this: https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect/blob/master/examples/python.py?

ShutIt

Posts with mentions or reviews of ShutIt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning ShutIt yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pexpect and ShutIt you can also consider the following projects:

Fabric - Simple, Pythonic remote execution and deployment.

Ansible - Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.

psutil - Cross-platform lib for process and system monitoring in Python

SaltStack - Software to automate the management and configuration of any infrastructure or application at scale. Get access to the Salt software package repository here:

Docker Compose - Define and run multi-container applications with Docker

letsencrypt - Certbot is EFF's tool to obtain certs from Let's Encrypt and (optionally) auto-enable HTTPS on your server. It can also act as a client for any other CA that uses the ACME protocol.

supervisor - Supervisor process control system for Unix (supervisord)

honcho - Honcho: a python clone of Foreman. For managing Procfile-based applications.