Chef Habitat Alternatives

Chef Habitat is described as 'Open-source software that creates platform-independent build artifacts and provides built-in deployment and management capabilities' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Chef Habitat for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Chef Habitat alternative is Homebrew, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Chef Habitat are Flatpak, Kubernetes, Vagrant and Warehouse.

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  1. Homebrew icon
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    Homebrew is the easiest and most flexible way to install the UNIX tools Apple didn’t include with macOS. Also available for Linux.

    60 Homebrew alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
    • Homebrew is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Chef Habitat.

    • Homebrew is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Chef Habitat.

    • Homebrew is Free and Open SourceChef Habitat is also Free and Open Source
    • Homebrew is LightweightChef Habitat is not according to our users
  2. Flatpak icon
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    Distributing applications on Linux is a pain: different distributions in multiple versions, each with their own versions of libraries and packaging formats. Flatpak is here to change all that. It allows the same app to be installed on different Linux distributions, including...

    29 Flatpak alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Kubernetes icon
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    Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.

    50 Kubernetes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Kubernetes is the most popular Web-based alternative to Chef Habitat.

    • Kubernetes is Free and Open SourceChef Habitat is also Free and Open Source
  4. Vagrant icon
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    Create and manage virtualized development environments. Vagrant is a tool for building complete development environments. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation, Vagrant lowers development environment setup time, increases development/production parity, and makes...

    21 Vagrant alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • VirtualBox
    • VMware Workstation Pro
    • VMware Fusion
    • FreeBSD
     
    • Vagrant is the most popular Windows alternative to Chef Habitat.

    • Vagrant is Free and Open SourceChef Habitat is also Free and Open Source
    • Vagrant is LightweightChef Habitat is not according to our users
  5. Zero Install icon
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    Zero Install is a decentralised cross-distribution software installation system. Other features include full support for shared libraries, sharing between users, and integration with native platform package managers.

    31 Zero Install alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
     
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    BitNami Stacks make it incredibly easy to deploy your favorite open source software. BitNami Stacks include an open source application and all of the other software necessary to run it, such as Apache, MySQL, PHP or Ruby.

    44 BitNami Application Stacks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7. Homebrew Cask icon
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    Homebrew-cask provides a friendly homebrew-style CLI workflow for the administration of Mac applications distributed as binaries.

    It's implemented as a homebrew external command called cask.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  8. Docker Swarm icon
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    Docker Swarm is native clustering for Docker. It allows you create and access to a pool of Docker hosts using the full suite of Docker tools. Because Docker Swarm serves the standard Docker API, any tool that already communicates with a Docker daemon can use Swarm to...

    19 Docker Swarm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • Docker Swarm is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Chef Habitat.

    • Docker Swarm is Free and ProprietaryChef Habitat is Free and Open Source
  9. Snapcraft icon
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    Snaps are software packages that are simple to create and install. They auto-update and are safe to run. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux systems without modification.

    29 Snapcraft alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Flattool icon
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    Flattool is a command line script designed to improve user experience with flatpaks. It streamlines flatpak management tasks, making them more efficient and user-friendly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flatpak
     
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