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wintermeyer/heinzel

A ruleset that turns AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code) into disciplined Linux, FreeBSD & macOS sysadmins. Manages servers via SSH and localhost with safety guardrails, checklists, and team support. Named after the Heinzelmännchen — helpful kobolds who do the housework while you sleep.

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How fast wintermeyer/heinzel is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

Activity and trending

Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Aug 31 – Oct 26, 2026

Stars +13 in 57 days

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Forks +5 in 57 days

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Merged PRs 40 in 57 days

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Sat, Oct 3, 2026+1+00
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Mon, Oct 5, 2026+0+00
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Wed, Oct 7, 2026+2+00
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+0+11
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Sat, Oct 10, 2026+0+04
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+1+16
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+0+00
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+1+00
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+1+01
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+0+05
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+0+00
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+1+00
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+0+03
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+0+03
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+0+10
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+0+00
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Total+13+540
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  1. Jun 111 post

    • "... I get so much out of heinzel every single day ... And this is exactly why I love the project: the safety-critical parts are taken seriously. ..." A Heinzel user wrote this today. That kind of…

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