Foreman Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   OpenTofu

    7 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MPL-2.0)

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Windows

   

   

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   Negative comment by ruslanas-gzibovskis · Jul 7, 2025

   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 Free and Open SourceForeman is also Free and Open Source
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   Terraform

    21 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Source Available (BUSL-1.1)

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Negative comment by ruslanas-gzibovskis · Jul 7, 2025

   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 Source AvailableForeman is Free and Open Source
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   GLPI

    25 likes

   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.

   74 GLPI alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Help Desk
   • Inventory Management

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Self-Hosted
   • Software as a Service (SaaS)
   • Cloudron

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Puppet

    52 likes

   Puppet Data Center Automation Solution helps you save time, gain visibility into your server environment, and ensure consistency across your IT infrastructure.

   45 Puppet alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   • United States

   

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   pyinfra

    13 likes

   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 (MIT)

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Python
   • Mac
   • Windows

   • United Kingdom

   

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   Ansible Automation Platform

    3 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Server Management

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Software as a Service (SaaS)
   • Microsoft Azure
   • Amazon Web Services
   • Google Cloud Platform

   • United States

   

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   Chef

    32 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • Server Management

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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    DCImanager

     65 likes

    DCImanager automates dedicated server provisioning, multivendor infrastructure, and colocation. Features: OS installation, IP assignment, traffic/energy monitoring, SAN/NAS management, bulk BIOS/BMC updates, auto-discovery, DC map, self-service portal, billing integration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • Cyprus
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • Cyprus
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Positive comment by shelehovchanin · Aug 6, 2020

    Its interface is much better and easier to use

    Positive comment by Oleg Ray · Aug 6, 2020

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

    Positive comment by Mary Fedo · Aug 6, 2020

    Performance, Clients support, Stability

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    • DCImanager is Paid and ProprietaryForeman is Free and Open Source
    • DCImanager is Privacy focusedForeman is not according to our users
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    Ralph

     14 likes

    Lightweight Assets Management System for Data Center and Back Office. It is an Open Source project provided on Apache v2.0 License.

    32 Ralph alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application type

    • Inventory Management

    Origin

    • Poland
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    • Poland
    • EU

    

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    Landscape

     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Online
    • Ubuntu

    • United Kingdom

    

    

    

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    CTO.ai

     1 like

    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

    Origin

    • Canada

    Platforms

    • Online

    • Canada

    

    

    

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    Fabric

     21 likes

    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

    • Server Management

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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