# Ansible

> Simple IT automation over SSH

Automate configuration, deployment and orchestration with readable YAML playbooks and no agents on target machines.

- Source: https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- Homepage: https://www.ansible.com/
- License: GPL-3.0
- Language: Python
- Stars: 70834
- Forks: 24337
- Contributors: 5559
- Last commit: 2026-10-02
- Latest release: v2.21.4 (2026-09-08)
- Purpose: Automation, Infra & DevOps
- Runs on: CLI
- For: Enterprise

## Worth score: 85/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 24/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 25/25
- Community: 15/15
- Readiness: 11/15

## Alternatives

- [Salt](https://diggithub.com/saltstack/salt.md): Infrastructure automation at scale
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- [Jenkins](https://diggithub.com/jenkinsci/jenkins.md): Automation server for CI/CD
- [Temporal](https://diggithub.com/temporalio/temporal.md): Durable execution platform
- [Traefik](https://diggithub.com/traefik/traefik.md): Cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer
- [Career-Ops](https://diggithub.com/career-ops-hq/career-ops.md): AI-assisted job search pipeline
- [Moby](https://diggithub.com/moby/moby.md): The open-source project behind Docker Engine
- [Kubernetes](https://diggithub.com/kubernetes/kubernetes.md): Production-grade container orchestration

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/ansible/ansible
Updated: 2026-10-03