# Chef Habitat vs StackStorm

| Attribute | Chef Habitat | StackStorm |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 53.8 (11% (low)) | 39 (61% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 3 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 12 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 6,547 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Chef Habitat automates the process of building, packaging, and deploying applications in isolated artifacts that can run anywhere. It provides a development studio for defining deployment instructions, packages applications into immutable artifacts, and includes a lightweight supervisor agent to manage deployments across servers, VMs, and containers. It is indexed under Configuration Management Tools.","source":"https://www.habitat.sh","question":"What is Chef Habitat?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chef Habitat is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.habitat.sh","question":"Is Chef Habitat free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chef Habitat supports the web, Windows, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.habitat.sh","question":"What platforms does Chef Habitat support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Chef Habitat can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.habitat.sh","question":"Can Chef Habitat be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for Chef Habitat, including Docker, Azure Container Registry and Amazon Elastic Container Registry. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.habitat.sh","question":"What does Chef Habitat integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chef Habitat is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.habitat.sh","question":"Where is Chef Habitat available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A free, open-source automation platform that orchestrates complex workflows by integrating existing enterprise systems and services. It supports event-driven automation with rules, triggers, actions, and multi-step workflows for infrastructure management and operational remediation. It is indexed under Configuration Management Tools.","source":"https://stackstorm.com/","question":"What is StackStorm?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"StackStorm is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://stackstorm.com/","question":"Is StackStorm free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"StackStorm supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://stackstorm.com/","question":"What platforms does StackStorm support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. StackStorm can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://stackstorm.com/","question":"Can StackStorm be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 7 integrations for StackStorm, including OpenStack, Docker, Puppet, Sensu, JIRA, LogStash and Splunk. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://stackstorm.com/","question":"What does StackStorm integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. StackStorm is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/stackstorm/st2","question":"Is StackStorm open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Chef Habitat automates the process of building, packaging, and deploying applications in isolated artifacts that can run anywhere. It provides a development studio for defining deployment instructions, packages applications into immutable artifacts, and includes a lightweight supervisor agent to manage deployments across servers, VMs, and containers. | A free, open-source automation platform that orchestrates complex workflows by integrating existing enterprise systems and services. It supports event-driven automation with rules, triggers, actions, and multi-step workflows for infrastructure management and operational remediation. |
| features.capabilities | `{"model":"push","hosting":"both","language":"PowerShell, Bash","idempotent":true,"architecture":"agent","desired_state":true,"masterless_mode":true,"windows_support":true,"content_registry":true,"open_source_core":true,"policy_compliance":true,"cloud_provisioning":true}` | `{"model":"both","hosting":"self","architecture":"agent","content_registry":true,"open_source_core":true,"cloud_provisioning":true}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 7 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Azure Container Registry"},{"name":"Amazon Elastic Container Registry"},{"name":"Docker Hub"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenStack"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Puppet"},{"name":"Sensu"},{"name":"JIRA"},{"name":"LogStash"},{"name":"Splunk"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Open source and free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.habitat.sh","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:39:22.643Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://stackstorm.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:42:14.751Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 69 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.9.0","date":"2026-01-12T05:44:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.8.1","date":"2023-12-13T15:08:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.8.0","date":"2022-11-27T21:51:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.7.0","date":"2022-05-06T23:28:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.6.0","date":"2021-11-22T21:41:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.5.0","date":"2021-06-28T16:40:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.4.1","date":"2021-03-16T04:14:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.4.0","date":"2021-03-04T07:18:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.3.0","date":"2020-10-22T19:22:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.2.0","date":"2020-04-29T18:08:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.1.0","date":"2019-07-01T22:47:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.0.1","date":"2019-05-29T21:18:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v3.0.0","date":"2019-04-26T07:14:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v2.10.4","date":"2019-03-15T14:11:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.10.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v2.10.3","date":"2019-03-07T07:05:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.10.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v2.9.3","date":"2019-03-07T05:42:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v2.10.2","date":"2019-02-28T00:00:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.10.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v2.10.1","date":"2018-12-20T09:59:34Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.10.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v2.9.2","date":"2018-12-19T19:01:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/releases/tag/v2.10.0","date":"2018-12-20T00:59:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.10.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":1,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=st2client&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Configuration Management Tools)

| Capability | Chef Habitat | StackStorm |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Architecture | Agent-based | Agent-based |
| Push / pull model | Push | Both |
| Config language | PowerShell, Bash | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Masterless mode | ✓ | - |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Self-hosted only |
| **Correctness** |  |  |
| Idempotent | ✓ | - |
| **Model** |  |  |
| Desired-state declarative | ✓ | - |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| Content registry | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Platform** |  |  |
| Windows support | ✓ | - |
| **Scope** |  |  |
| Cloud provisioning | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Governance** |  |  |
| Policy / compliance | ✓ | - |
| **Commercial** |  |  |
| Enterprise edition | - | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Open-source core | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:01:30.507Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*