Puppet AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Server Management Tools

The best Server Management alternative to Puppet is Chef, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Puppet and 12 are Server Management Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Server Management Tool alternatives to Puppet are Rudder, Bcfg2, Crowbar and Commando.io.

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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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  2. Rudder icon
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    Rudder is a solution for automating your IT infrastructure to ensure security, reliability and compliance of your systems, whatever the OS. Gain instant visibility of IT compliance and benefit from continuous remediation to ensure an environment well configured and secured.

    13 Rudder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise
    • Self-Hosted
    • CentOS
    • Ubuntu
    • Debian
    • Raspberry Pi OS
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Slackware
     
    • Rudder is the most popular commercial alternative to Puppet.

    • Rudder is Paid and Open SourcePuppet is Freemium and Open Source
    • Rudder is LightweightPuppet is not according to our users
  3. Bcfg2 icon
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    Bcfg2 helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducible, and verifiable description of their environment, and offers visualization and reporting tools to aid in day-to-day administrative tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4.  5 likes
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    Crowbar is an 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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
     
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    Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager is a systems management software product by Microsoft for managing large groups of computers running Windows, macOS, Linux, as well as Windows Phone, Symbian, iOS and Android.

    22 Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    glu is an open source deployment and monitoring automation platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. SlickStack icon
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    SlickStack is a free LEMP stack automation script written in Bash designed to enhance and simplify WordPress provisioning, performance, and security.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. 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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    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
     
  11. Mina icon
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    Mina is a really fast deployer and server automation tool written in Ruby.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    FNT's Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution is the central management and optimization software for data centers. From the building infrastructure down to the services , this DCIM enables a comprehensive view of DC resources.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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