Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Cfengine

The top open-source alternatives to Cfengine are Ansible, Rudder, and AWS CloudFormation. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Ansible Landing Page
1

Ansible

Radically simple configuration-management, application deployment, task-execution, and multi-node orchestration engine
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #IT Automation #Build And Deployment Automation 9 social mentions
Rudder Landing Page
2

Rudder

Rudder is an easy to use, web-driven, role-based solution for Continuous Automation and Compliance.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #IT Automation #Dev Ops
AWS CloudFormation Landing Page
3

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators an easy way to create and manage a...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Continuous Integration #DevOps Tools #Continuous Deployment 113 social mentions
Jenkins Landing Page
4

Jenkins

Jenkins is an open-source continuous integration server with 300+ plugins to support all kinds of software development
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 5 social mentions
Cobbler Landing Page
5

Cobbler

Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #IT Automation #Product Deployment 10 social mentions
Python Fabric Landing Page
6

Python Fabric

Fabric is a Python library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #App Development #DevOps Tools 1 social mentions
tup Landing Page
7

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tup

Tup is a file-based build system for Linux, OSX, and Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Front End Package Manager #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration 19 social mentions
pyinfra Landing Page
8

pyinfra

pyinfra automates infrastructure super fast at massive scale.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#DevOps Tools #Build Tools #IT Automation 8 social mentions
Apache Maven Landing Page
9

Apache Maven

Apache Maven is a project comprehension and management software tool.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 51 social mentions
(R)?ex Landing Page
10

(R)?ex

(R)?ex - manage all your boxes from a central point - Datacenter Automation and Configuration...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#SSH #DevOps Tools #Server Configuration And Automation 2 social mentions
Foreman Landing Page
11

Foreman

Foreman is an open source project that helps system administrators manage servers throughout their...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Monitoring Tools #IT Automation 18 social mentions
Apache Ant Landing Page
12

Apache Ant

Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool whose mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 6 social mentions