BOSH
Automation platform for deploying and managing distributed systems across cloud infrastructure
- Also known as
- bosh
Available worldwide
What is BOSH?
A tool chain for automating the release engineering, deployment, and ongoing management of complex distributed services. It supports multiple cloud platforms and can manage itself through self-hosting.
BOSH pricing
We don't have BOSH's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What BOSH does
The capabilities that matter for configuration management tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture
- Declarative-OS
- Push / pull model
- Push
- Config language
- YAML
- Masterless mode
- ✗
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- Idempotent
- ✓
- Desired-state declarative
- ✓
- Content registry
- ✓
- Windows support
- ✓
- Cloud provisioning
- ✓
- Policy / compliance
- ✗
- Enterprise edition
- ✗
- Open-source core
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (7)
Independently observed- UAA
- CredHub
- OpenStack
- vCloud
- Amazon S3
- Google Cloud Storage
- Azure Storage
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
BOSH FAQ
Common questions about BOSH, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is BOSH?
A tool chain for automating the release engineering, deployment, and ongoing management of complex distributed services. It supports multiple cloud platforms and can manage itself through self-hosting. It is indexed under Configuration Management Tools.
Source: https://bosh.io/
Is BOSH free to use?
BOSH 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://bosh.io/
What platforms does BOSH support?
BOSH supports Windows, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://bosh.io/
Can BOSH be self-hosted?
Yes. BOSH can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://bosh.io/
What does BOSH integrate with?
We have confirmed 7 integrations for BOSH, including UAA, CredHub, OpenStack, vCloud, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage and Azure Storage. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://bosh.io/
Is BOSH open source?
Yes. BOSH 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.
BOSH alternatives
Other configuration management tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- HCL BigFixAI-powered platform for automated discovery, patching, and compliance management across diverse endpoints and environmentsmedium · 73%
- SaltEvent-driven automation platform for infrastructure management and configuration at scalehigh · 78%
- Ansiblemedium · 67%
- Landscapemedium · 72%
- SaltStackDistributed infrastructure automation and command execution platformmedium · 71%
- NixOS / NixA declarative package manager and Linux distribution using functional programming principlesmedium · 52%
Compare BOSH
Side by side against other configuration management tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for BOSH, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 63 | 0.12 | 7.6 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.08 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 97 | 0.07 | 6.5 | ✓ |
| Security score | 69 | 0.05 | 3.7 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 35 | 0.08 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Stars | 63 | 0.03 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 22 | 0.05 | 1.2 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Model: push · Hosting: self · Language: YAML · Idempotent: Yes · Architecture: declarative_os · Desired state: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 5 | mediumsource · 2026-09-11 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Ruby | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-11 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-21 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
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