Crowbar AlternativesServer Management Tools and other similar apps like Crowbar

Crowbar is described as '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' and is a server management tool in the network & admin category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Crowbar for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Crowbar alternative is Ansible, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Crowbar are Salt, Puppet, Chef and CTO.ai.

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  1. Ansible icon
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    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

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
    • Ansible is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Crowbar.

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

    • Ansible is Freemium and Open SourceCrowbar is Free and Open Source
  2. Salt icon
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    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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Puppet icon
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    Puppet Data Center Automation Solution helps you save time, gain visibility into your server environment, and ensure consistency across your IT infrastructure.

    46 Puppet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Puppet is the most popular Web-based alternative to Crowbar.

    • Puppet is Freemium and Open SourceCrowbar is Free and Open Source
  4. Chef icon
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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.

    41 Chef alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. CTO.ai icon
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    The CTO.ai platform allows you and your software development team to implement DevOps automations in minutes rather than days by runnings "Ops" in Slack and the CLI. Leverage a curated inventory of DevOps workflows to adopt int your development cycles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Fabric icon
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    Fabric is a Python library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  7. (R)?ex icon
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    (R)?ex - manage all your boxes from a central point - Datacenter Automation and Configuration Management

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. RunDeck icon
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    RunDeck is an open source automation service with a web console, command line tools and a WebAPI. It lets you easily run automation tasks across a set of nodes.

    31 RunDeck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. cdist icon
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    cdist is an alternative to other configuration management systems like cfengine, bcfg2, chef and puppet. But cdist ticks differently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. Cobbler icon
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    Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments. It glues together and automates many associated Linux tasks so you do not have to hop between lots of various commands and applications when rolling out new systems, and, in...

    21 Cobbler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. Commando.io icon
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    A simpler way to manage servers online. Commando.io empowers users to be more efficient, improve their workflow, and eliminate anxiety over server provisioning, maintenance, and deployment. DropBox simplified online storage, GitHub simplified revision control, Commando.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Commando.io is the most popular commercial alternative to Crowbar.

    • Commando.io is Paid and ProprietaryCrowbar is Free and Open Source
  12. Cfengine icon
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    CFEngine is a configuration management and automation framework that lets you securely manage your mission critical IT infrastructure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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