Ansible

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 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

About

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.

PythonConfiguration managementGPL-3.0

Owner: Ansible organisation
Stars: 71k
Forks: 24k
Latest: v2.21.5
Last push: 2026-10-06
Terms: Open source
Created: 2012, 14 years ago
Release cadence: about 1 day between releases
Active contributors: 29 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Stars over 13 days: 2026-09-24 70,7852026-10-06 70,869

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