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MAASForeman
Free

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

 Free

Free open-source software with no paid tier listed.

Linux, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted, Command line
  • Automates bare-metal provisioning from setup to decommissioning
  • Treats physical servers as an on-demand resource pool
  • Provisions hosts across bare metal, virtualization and cloud providers
  • Puppet and Salt integration with report monitoring
  • Built for data centers and server fleets, not single machines
  • Needs network and hardware management access to the servers it controls
  • Aimed at data centers, too heavy for a handful of machines
  • Configuration management features depend on Puppet or Salt
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 October 1, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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