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ForemanMAAS
Free

Free open-source software with no paid tier listed.

 Free

Open source; Canonical also offers commercial engagement through its sales team.

Web, Self-hosted, Command line Linux, Self-hosted
  • Provisions hosts across bare metal, virtualization and cloud providers
  • Puppet and Salt integration with report monitoring
  • Automates bare-metal provisioning from setup to decommissioning
  • Treats physical servers as an on-demand resource pool
  • Aimed at data centers, too heavy for a handful of machines
  • Configuration management features depend on Puppet or Salt
  • Built for data centers and server fleets, not single machines
  • Needs network and hardware management access to the servers it controls
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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