CategoryAutomation & Orchestration
PricingFree, open source+ paid cloud / support
Self-hostableYes
Repositorypuppetlabs/puppet
LicenseApache-2.0
LanguageRuby
Last activityAug 2026Active
Repository
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Last pushAug 2026
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