Alternatives to PowerShell Universal

A self-hosted platform that turns PowerShell scripts into scheduled automation, REST APIs and web dashboards. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as PowerShell Universal.

  • Rundeck

    A self-hosted runbook automation server that lets chosen users run existing scripts, tools and jobs.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

    Rundeck is free open-source runbook automation giving chosen users controlled access to existing scripts in any language, not only PowerShell, on demand or scheduled.

  • Windmill

    An open-source, self-hostable platform for turning scripts into workflows, internal apps and scheduled jobs.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Windmill is open source and turns scripts in TypeScript, Python, Go, Bash and 20+ languages into APIs, jobs and internal apps, with some enterprise-only features.

  • Semaphore UI

    Run infrastructure automation jobs from a web dashboard.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hostedWeb

    Semaphore UI is free MIT software for running Ansible and other deployment tasks from a web dashboard, rather than exposing PowerShell scripts as APIs.

  • AWX

    A web interface, REST API and task engine for running and scheduling Ansible automation.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    AWX is an open-source web interface and REST API for scheduling Ansible jobs, requiring Ansible knowledge instead of PowerShell skills.

  • Cronicle

    A self-hosted, distributed task scheduler and runner with a web interface.

    FreeOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Cronicle is open source and provides a web interface for scheduled jobs across servers, but lacks dashboards and APIs and is in maintenance mode.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.