Ansible

Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.

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2 open source alternatives to Ansible
Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Salt	Full replacement	16k	Apache-2.0	Open source	No	Python	v3008.3	2026-10-03
pyinfra	Full replacement	6k	MIT	Open source	No	Python	v3.10.0	2026-09-22

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2 alternatives

Salt Full replacement

Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.

Agent-based by default, with an agentless SSH mode.

Language: Python
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 16k
Latest: v3008.3
Last push: 2026-10-03

pyinfra Full replacement

🔧 pyinfra turns Python code into shell commands and runs them on your servers. Execute ad-hoc commands and write declarative operations. Target SSH servers, local machine and Docker containers. Fast and scales from one server to thousands.

Agentless over SSH, with deployments written in Python instead of YAML.

Language: Python
Licence: MIT
Stars: 6k
Latest: v3.10.0
Last push: 2026-09-22

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About Ansible

Language: Python
Licence: GPL-3.0
Stars: 71k
Last push: 2026-10-06

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