Open source configuration-management projects
Every project in the registry tagged configuration-management, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.
Apache ZooKeeper
🔧 pyinfra turns Python code into shell commands and runs them on your servers. Execute ad-hoc commands and write declarative operations. Target SSH servers, lo
Versioned Codex instruction deployment with preview, ownership manifests, hook isolation, scenario evaluation, and recovery.
KCL Programming Language Core and API (CNCF Sandbox Project). https://kcl-lang.io
Automate Kubernetes Configuration Editing
Distributed Big Data Orchestration Service
Layer5, expect more from your infrastructure
An enterprise-grade vendor-agnostic network automation platform.
Secure secret management with public key encryption
Rudder is a configuration and security automation platform. Manage your Cloud, hybrid or on-premises infrastructure in a simple, scalable and dynamic way.
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Frequently asked questions
How many open source configuration-management projects are there?
This registry tracks 11 projects tagged configuration-management, with 49,004 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is salt at 15,729 stars.
Are these configuration-management projects free to use?
Yes — 11 of the 11 carry an explicit open-source licence across 3 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which configuration-management project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these configuration-management projects still maintained?
10 of the 11 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.