# Foreman vs pyinfra

**Leader by Vioscale score:** pyinfra

| Attribute | Foreman | pyinfra |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 48.8 (17% (low)) | 57.7 (69% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 13 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 22 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 5,965 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A server lifecycle management tool that orchestrates provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring for both on-premise and cloud infrastructure. It provisions bare-metal and virtual servers from multiple cloud providers and integrates with configuration management tools to deploy and monitor server configurations. | An infrastructure automation tool written in Python that runs commands over SSH on multiple servers concurrently and idempotently, without needing agents or configuration files. |
| features.capabilities | `{"model":"both","hosting":"self","desired_state":true,"open_source_core":true,"cloud_provisioning":true}` | `{"model":"push","hosting":"self","language":"Python","idempotent":true,"architecture":"agentless","desired_state":true,"masterless_mode":true,"open_source_core":true}` |
| integrations.count | 15 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Puppet"},{"name":"Salt"},{"name":"Ansible"},{"name":"MaaS"},{"name":"Amazon EC2"},{"name":"Google Compute Engine"},{"name":"OpenStack"},{"name":"Libvirt"},{"name":"oVirt"},{"name":"VMware"},{"name":"LDAP"},{"name":"FreeIPA"},{"name":"Redmine"},{"name":"Discourse"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` | - |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://theforeman.org/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:23:01.243Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://pyinfra.com/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:42:42.751Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 34 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.10.0","date":"2026-07-27T19:51:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.9.2","date":"2026-06-07T21:05:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.9.1","date":"2026-06-07T20:33:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.9.0","date":"2026-06-07T20:24:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.8.0","date":"2026-05-04T12:28:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.7","date":"2026-03-12T10:55:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.6.1","date":"2026-02-02T13:47:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.6","date":"2026-01-05T09:58:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.5.1","date":"2025-10-01T16:11:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.5","date":"2025-09-03T10:26:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.4.1","date":"2025-07-14T20:32:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.4","date":"2025-07-09T14:17:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.3.1","date":"2025-04-29T10:58:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.3","date":"2025-04-28T10:55:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.2","date":"2025-01-09T21:33:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.1.1","date":"2024-09-25T21:41:26Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.1","date":"2024-08-18T12:55:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.0.2","date":"2024-07-24T19:43:03Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.0.1","date":"2024-07-21T18:34:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pyinfra-dev/pyinfra/releases/tag/v3.0","date":"2024-07-15T06:16:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.0"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pyinfra&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Configuration Management Tools)

| Capability | Foreman | pyinfra |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Architecture | - | Agentless / SSH-push |
| Push / pull model | Both | Push |
| Config language | - | Python |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Masterless mode | - | ✓ |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:21:06.862Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*