# OpenVox vs PowerShell DSC

**Leader by Vioscale score:** OpenVox

| Attribute | OpenVox | PowerShell DSC |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 58.1 (62% (medium)) | 40.3 (35% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 14 | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | 9 | 57 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | - |
| description.long | OpenVox is a community-maintained configuration management system designed to automate infrastructure deployment, configuration, and drift remediation across systems. It is a modern open-source implementation compatible with Puppet, actively developed by the Vox Pupuli community. | A declarative configuration platform where you describe desired system state in JSON or YAML, then validate and enforce it across machines. Resources handle the actual configuration work and can be written in any language. |
| features.capabilities | `{"model":"pull","hosting":"self","language":"Puppet DSL","idempotent":true,"architecture":"declarative_os","desired_state":true,"masterless_mode":true,"windows_support":true,"content_registry":true,"open_source_core":true,"policy_compliance":true,"cloud_provisioning":true}` | `{"model":"push","language":"JSON, YAML","idempotent":true,"architecture":"agentless","desired_state":true,"windows_support":true,"open_source_core":true,"policy_compliance":true}` |
| integrations.count | 5 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"PuppetDB"},{"name":"NGINX"},{"name":"systemd"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Renovate"}]` | - |
| language.primary | HTML | PowerShell |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | CC-BY-4.0 |
| platform.support | - | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://voxpupuli.org/openvox/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T22:40:17.331Z"}` | - |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Configuration Management Tools)

| Capability | OpenVox | PowerShell DSC |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Architecture | Declarative-OS | Agentless / SSH-push |
| Push / pull model | Pull | Push |
| Config language | Puppet DSL | JSON, YAML |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Masterless mode | ✓ | - |
| Hosting | 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 2026-09-01T14:39:09.553Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*