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pyinfra vs Puppet: catalog facts
pyinfra	Puppet
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Paid A commercial product from Perforce; prices are not listed on the homepage.
macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Linux, Command line
Deployments and inventories are plain Python, with no YAML or DSL Agentless, needing only SSH access to the targets	Enforces declared server state and corrects drift Puppet Forge library of shared modules
Requires Python 3.10 or later on the control machine Writing deploys assumes comfort with Python	Aimed at organisations rather than individuals Has its own configuration language to learn
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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