Ansible
The simplest way to automate
★ 4.2
Agentless automation tool. Configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate workflows using YAML playbooks.
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GitHub Stars
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Deployment
free
Pricing
Yes
Self-Hostable
Features
- ✓ Agentless
- ✓ YAML playbooks
- ✓ Idempotent
- ✓ Inventory management
- ✓ Roles and collections
- ✓ Galaxy (community)
- ✓ Tower/AWX
- ✓ Modules
Pros
- + Easy to start
- + Agentless
- + YAML simplicity
- + Huge module library
- + Red Hat backing
Cons
- − Performance at scale
- − YAML limitations
- − Debugging difficulty
- − Idempotency challenges