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

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