Comparison

Puppet Bolt vs SaltStack

No clear leader: SaltStack (55.4) and Puppet Bolt (53.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Puppet Bolt54

SaltStack55

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Puppet Bolt	SaltStack
Vioscale score	54 / 100low · 13%	55 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Modelpricing.model	commercial	-
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	-
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.8
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 67 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=salt&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	428
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	15,637
Package downloads weeklyadoption.package_downloads_weekly	-	23,112
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	47
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	5
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	-

Score

Vioscale score

Puppet Bolt54 / 100low · 13%

SaltStack55 / 100medium · 69%

Pricing

Model

Puppet Boltcommercial

SaltStack–

Integrations

Count

Puppet Bolt11

SaltStack–

Security

Scorecard

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStack4.8

Vulnerabilities

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStackCount: 67 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=salt&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 2 · Max severity: CRITICAL

Adoption

Dependent repos

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStack428

Github stars

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStack15,637

Package downloads weekly

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStack23,112

Activity

Commits last 30d

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStack47

Release

Cadence days

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStack5

History

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStack20 items

License

Spdx

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStackApache-2.0

Language

Primary

Puppet Bolt–

SaltStackPython

Market

Availability

Puppet BoltAvailable worldwide

SaltStack–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for configuration management tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Configuration Management Tools
Capability	Puppet Bolt	SaltStack
Core
Architecture	-	-
Push / pull model	-	-
Config language	-	-
Deployment
Masterless mode	-	-
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	-
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	✓	✓

Core

Architecture

Puppet Bolt-

SaltStack-

Push / pull model

Puppet Bolt-

SaltStack-

Config language

Puppet Bolt-

SaltStack-

Deployment

Masterless mode

Puppet Bolt-

SaltStack-

Hosting

Puppet BoltCloud + self-hosted

SaltStack-

Correctness

Idempotent

Puppet Bolt-

SaltStack-

Model

Desired-state declarative

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack-

Ecosystem

Content registry

Puppet Bolt-

SaltStack-

Platform

Windows support

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack-

Scope

Cloud provisioning

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack-

Governance

Policy / compliance

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack-

Commercial

Enterprise edition

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack-

Licensing

Open-source core

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack✓

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Puppet Bolt	SaltStack
macOSPlatforms	✓	-
WindowsPlatforms	✓	-
LinuxPlatforms	✓	-
CLIPlatforms	✓	-
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	-
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	-
On-premiseDeployment	✓	-
HybridDeployment	✓	-
Air-gappedDeployment	✓	-

Platforms

macOS

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack–

Windows

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack–

Linux

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack–

CLI

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack–

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack–

Self-hosted

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack–

On-premise

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack–

Hybrid

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack–

Air-gapped

Puppet Bolt✓

SaltStack–

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Puppet Bolt

11 total

ServiceNow
VMware
Argo CD
Jenkins
Dynatrace
Datadog
New Relic
CIS Benchmarks
Tenable Nessus
DISA STIG
Splunk

Independently observed

SaltStack

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.