Salt Alternatives

Apps similar to Salt include Ansible, which is open source with a free version. Other options are Ansible Automation Platform, Chef, Puppet and Terraform. There's no shortage of Server Management Tools like Salt, with more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Mac, Windows, self-hosting and the web.

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  1. (R)?ex icon
     18 likes

    (R)?ex - manage all your boxes from a central point - Datacenter Automation and Configuration Management

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Otter icon
     3 likes

    Otter is modern infrastructure automation that utilizes Infrastructure as Code to help teams with Configuration and Orchestration.

    10 Otter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3. Fleet Commander is an application that allows you to manage the desktop configuration of a large network of users and workstations/laptops. It is primarily targeted to Linux systems based on the GNOME desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. Commando.io icon
     7 likes

    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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  5. Pulumi icon
     12 likes

    Pulumi is a cloud development platform. Replace YAML and DSLs with pure code. Code, deploy, manage cloud apps to AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, using JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. CTO.ai icon
     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

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Config icon
     1 like

    Config is a SaaS tool for Configuration File Management created for Programmers, Sysadmins, and IT Managers. It is the easiest way to manage your config files across all your servers and environments.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Good alternative?
     
  8.  5 likes

    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
    Good alternative?
     
  9.  2 likes

    glu is an open source deployment and monitoring automation platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  10. Propellor is a configuration management system using Haskell and Git. Each system has a list of properties, which Propellor ensures are satisfied. Linux and FreeBSD are supported.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Cobbler icon
     9 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. cdist icon
     7 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Good alternative?
     
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