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Ansible vs Salt: catalog facts
Ansible	Salt
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Uses reusable playbooks and commonly connects over SSH.	Remote execution and configuration management in one tool Event-driven automation
Requires inventories, credentials and carefully maintained playbooks.	Concepts such as states, grains and pillars take time to learn Needs its own control infrastructure to run
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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