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Puppet vs Salt
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Puppet | Salt |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Ruby | Python |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 8k | 16k |
| Latest | 7.34.0 | v3008.3 |
| Last push | 2026-08-06 | 2026-10-03 |
| Release cadence | about 22 days between releases | about 1 day between releases |
| Active contributors | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 14+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Salt replaces Puppet. Alternatives to Puppet →
Full replacementStates in YAML and Jinja, pushed over an event bus or pulled by agents.
Puppet
- 8.10.02024-10-22(PUP-11949) Set systemd as default for Raspbian 12
- 7.34.02024-10-22
- 8.9.02024-09-06(PUP-7520) Update Puppet profiling timers to use monotonic clock
- 7.33.02024-09-06[Backport 7.x] (PUP-12046) Send facts for catalog download
- 7.32.12024-07-24[Backport 7.x] Stop using FFI threads and use ruby threads for the windows puppet daemon
Puppet
unsigned The latest release, 7.34.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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Salt
✓ signed The latest release, v3008.3, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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