Open Source Puppet Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   Ansible

    95 likes

   Ansible is a radically simple IT automation engine that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, intra-service orchestration, and many other IT needs.

   56 Ansible alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium (Pay once)
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Server Management Tool

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Python

   

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   Bronte Morgan

   Negative comment•Aug 7, 2020

   -4

   I can hardly say that Puppet and Ansible should be in the same DCIM category.

   

   

   • Most users think Ansible is a great Puppet alternative.

   • Ansible is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Puppet.

   • Ansible is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Puppet.

   • Ansible is Freemium and Open SourcePuppet is also Freemium and Open Source
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   Salt

    48 likes

   Salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer and provision servers in a fast and efficient way.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Server Management Tool

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

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   Guest

   Positive comment•Oct 4, 2018

   1

   Scalability, Performance, Features and Flexibility (DSL, RPC framework, Event Reactor etc.)

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Almost everyone thinks Salt is a great Puppet alternative.

   • Salt is Free and Open SourcePuppet is Freemium and Open Source
   • Salt is LightweightPuppet is not according to our users
4. 

   

   Chef

    31 likes

   Chef is an open source systems integration framework built to bring the benefits of configuration management to your entire infrastructure. You write source code to describe how you want each part of your infrastructure to be built, then apply those descriptions to your servers.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Server Management Tool

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   10users say it's a good alternative
5. 

   

   Foreman

    11 likes

   Foreman is an open source project that helps system administrators manage servers throughout their lifecycle, from provisioning and configuration to orchestration and monitoring. Using Puppet or Chef and Foreman's smart proxy architecture, you can easily automate repetitive...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Online
   • Self-Hosted

   

   

   

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   • Foreman is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Puppet.

   • Foreman is Free and Open SourcePuppet is Freemium and Open Source
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   Rudder

    27 likes

   Rudder is a solution for automating your IT infrastructure to ensure security, reliability and compliance of your systems, whatever the OS. Gain instant visibility of IT compliance and benefit from continuous remediation to ensure an environment well configured and secured.

   13 Rudder alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Subscription
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • SUSE Linux Enterprise
   • Self-Hosted
   • CentOS
   • Ubuntu
   • Debian
   • Raspberry Pi OS
   • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
   • Slackware

   

   

   

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   • Rudder is the most popular commercial alternative to Puppet.

   • Rudder is Paid and Open SourcePuppet is Freemium and Open Source
   • Rudder is LightweightPuppet is not according to our users
7. 

   

   pyinfra

    13 likes

   pyinfra automates infrastructure super fast at massive scale. It can be used for ad-hoc command execution, service deployment, configuration management and more.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   Cfengine

    8 likes

   CFEngine is a configuration management and automation framework that lets you securely manage your mission critical IT infrastructure.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • Norway

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   

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    Juju

     1 like

    Juju is an enterprise Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) that provides model-driven application management and next-generation infrastructure-as-code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)

    

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    PowerShell DSC

     4 likes

    PowerShell Desired State Configuration is a management platform in PowerShell that enables you to manage your IT and development infrastructure with configuration as code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    Bcfg2

     4 likes

    Bcfg2 helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducible, and verifiable description of their environment, and offers visualization and reporting tools to aid in day-to-day administrative tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Server Management Tool

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    

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    mgmt

     1 like

    Mgmt is confirmation management software that monitors and reacts dynamically to changes, executes tasks in parallel, and operates on an interconnected mesh model instead of a client-server model.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux

    

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14. Crowbar

     5 likes

    Crowbar is an Open Source platform for server provisioning and deployment from bare metal. It provides server discovery, firmware upgrades, and operating system installation using PXE Boot. It deploys applications on top of functioning operating systems using whatever config...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Server Management Tool

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    Is Crowbar a good alternative to Puppet?