alternatives to
Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.
Ansible and Puppet. 2 alternatives to Salt, in Python, Ruby. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansible | Full replacement | 71k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | No | Python | v2.21.5 | 2026-10-16 |
| Puppet | Full replacement | 8k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Ruby | 7.34.0 | 2026-08-06 |
2 alternatives
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.
Agentless by default, and orchestrates over SSH without a master or minions.
Server automation framework and application
Agent-based configuration management with a declarative language.