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Puppet vs Salt: catalog facts
Puppet	Salt
Paid A commercial product from Perforce; prices are not listed on the homepage.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, Linux, Command line	Linux, Self-hosted, Command line
Enforces declared server state and corrects drift Puppet Forge library of shared modules	Remote execution and configuration management in one tool Event-driven automation
Aimed at organisations rather than individuals Has its own configuration language to learn	Concepts such as states, grains and pillars take time to learn Needs its own control infrastructure to run
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	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 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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