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Salt vs pyinfra: catalog facts
Salt	pyinfra
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Linux, Self-hosted, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Remote execution and configuration management in one tool Event-driven automation	Deployments and inventories are plain Python, with no YAML or DSL Agentless, needing only SSH access to the targets
Concepts such as states, grains and pillars take time to learn Needs its own control infrastructure to run	Requires Python 3.10 or later on the control machine Writing deploys assumes comfort with Python
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account 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 October 2, 2026

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