One thing Shovel has going for it is that it appears to "just work" for Windows users. Compare to the setup process for Fabric: http://www.jonnyreeves.co.uk/20

One thing Shovel has going for it is that it appears to "just work" for Windows users. Compare to the setup process for Fabric: http://www.jonnyreeves.co.uk/2011/08/getting-python-and-fabric-installed-on-windows/ http://www.jonnyreeves.co.uk/2011/08/getting-python-and-fabr... Windows doesn't support hashbangs, so Shovel does currently need a batch file in Python's Scripts directory, but that's not a huge deal.