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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.

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  • Free • Open Source

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  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
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  1.  Configuration Management
  2.  Virtualization
  3.  Server Management

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Chef information

  • Developed by

    US flagOpscode

  • Licensing

    Open Source (Apache-2.0) and Free product.

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  • Alternatives

    41 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Categories

Network & Admin, OS & Utilities, System & Hardware

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  •  7,768 Stars
  •  2,519 Forks
  •  368 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 21, 2025 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Chef, and it has gotten 30 likes

Chef was added to AlternativeTo by alternativz on Aug 25, 2010 and this page was last updated Jan 25, 2023.

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Chef is ideal when you have to maintain a bunch of servers, not just spin them up. It takes some planning and thought, but instead you get an authoritative source of information about your infrastructure, versioned storage of configuration code and a cherry on top — Ruby-based DSL for infrastructure management.

What is Chef?

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. The result is a fully automated infrastructure: when a new server comes on line, the only thing you have to do is tell Chef what role it should play in your architecture.

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