Chef Alternatives
Chef is described as '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' and is a server management tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Chef for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Chef alternative is Ansible, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Chef are Salt, Puppet, pyinfra and Rudder.
Alternatives list
Build and deploy your code from GitHub and BitBucket (or no repository at all) to any server in the world regardless of provider.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online



- 19 FAI alternatives
FAI, Fully Automatic Installation, is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage Linux systems and software configurations on computers as well as virtual machines and chroot environments, from small networks to large-scale infrastructures like clusters and cloud...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux

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
Deploy4Me is a software deployment service for everyone that helps prepare a cloud as quickly as possible with no code. You just get fully configured, integrated and secure cloud environment for your business or project.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online


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- 8 Apstra alternatives
The Apstra Operating System (AOS) is a vendor-agnostic, intent-based networking system for the data center network featuring closed-loop telemetry.



Release Management for Visual Studio is a continuous delivery solution that automates the release process through various environments all the way to production.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Microsoft Visual Studio
Config is a SaaS tool for Configuration File Management created for Programmers, Sysadmins, and IT Managers. It is the easiest way to manage your config files across all your servers and environments.
Cost / License
- Freemium (Subscription)
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted

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
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Go (Programming Language)
Sprinkle is a software provisioning tool you can use to build remote servers with. eg. to install a Rails, or Sinatra stack on a brand new slice directly after its been created.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
PontusVision is a core services automation tool that covers design, configuration management, deployment, and management of apps. It focuses on low latency environments, but can be used to manage any IT system. Its unique selling points are the following:
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- OpenSolaris


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