Foreman Alternatives

Foreman is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Foreman for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Foreman alternative is OpenTofu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Foreman are Terraform, GLPI, DCImanager and pyinfra.

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  1. OpenTofu icon
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    OpenTofu is an OSS tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently. OpenTofu can manage existing and popular service providers as well as custom in-house solutions.

    17 OpenTofu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
     
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    Comments about OpenTofu as an Alternative to Foreman
    ruslanas-gzibovskis
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    Foreman does the logic plus WUI, while OpenTofu is more a framework to make things happen. If OpenTofu is listed here, then ALL scripting languages should be listed {Bash, ksh, csh, tsh, fish, lshell, rshell and so on}.

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    • OpenTofu is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Foreman.

    • OpenTofu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Foreman.

    • OpenTofu is Free and Open SourceForeman is also Free and Open Source
  2. Terraform icon
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    Tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently. Terraform can manage existing and popular service providers as well as custom in-house solutions.

    17 Terraform alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Terraform as an Alternative to Foreman
    ruslanas-gzibovskis
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    Foreman does the logic plus WUI, while TerraForm is more a framework to make things happen. If TerraForm is listed here, then ALL scripting languages should be listed {Bash, ksh, csh, tsh, fish, lshell, rshell and so on}.

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    • Terraform is Free and ProprietaryForeman is Free and Open Source
  3. GLPI icon
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    GLPI is an IT Service Management software based on open source technologies. It is a suite for IT, project, financial and user management. GLPI can support companies of any size, and offers both on-premises and cloud (SaaS) solutions.

    54 GLPI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • GLPI is the most popular SaaS & Self-Hosted alternative to Foreman.

    • GLPI is the most popular commercial alternative to Foreman.

    • GLPI is Paid and Open SourceForeman is Free and Open Source
  4. DCImanager icon
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    DCImanager is a platform for managing servers, racks, and data center equipment (such as routers, switches, sensors, PDU).

    33 DCImanager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Its interface is much better and easier to use

    Oleg Ray
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    Have not used it yet, but the features are the same

    Mary Fedo
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    Performance, Clients support, Stability

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    • Almost everyone thinks DCImanager is a great Foreman alternative.

    • DCImanager is Paid and ProprietaryForeman is Free and Open Source
  5. pyinfra icon
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    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
     
  6. 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 Foreman.

    • Puppet is Freemium and Open SourceForeman is Free and Open Source
  7. 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
     
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    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform is an end-to-end automation platform to configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate advanced workflows. It includes resources to create, manage, and scale across the entire enterprise.

    14 Ansible Automation Platform alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Google Cloud Platform
     
  9. Ralph icon
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    Lightweight Assets Management System for Data Center and Back Office. It is an Open Source project provided on Apache v2.0 License.

    25 Ralph alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Landscape icon
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    Landscape automates security patching, auditing, access management and compliance tasks across your Ubuntu estate. Use it in well-connected or airgapped environments: at sea, in space and everywhere in between. Landscape is available with an Ubuntu Pro subscription.

    34 Landscape alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
    • Ubuntu
     
  11. 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
     
  12. 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
     
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