# Habitat

> Open source automation solution for defining, packaging, and delivering applications to any environment

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/habitat
- **Category:** Configuration Management Tools
- **Homepage:** https://www.habitat.sh/
- **Also known as:** habitat
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T14:31:52.056Z

## Vioscale score

**69.3 / 100**, confidence 41% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 100 | 6 | 600 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 8 | 400 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 86.7 | 16 | 1387.5 | ✓ |
| integrations | 20.1 | 8 | 160.8 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 13 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 8 | 640 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-03, [verify at source](https://www.habitat.sh/). Independently observed._

Open source · Free tier

> Open source Community Edition available; Enterprise Edition available

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Community Edition | Free | ✓ | - |
| Enterprise Edition | Contact sales | - | - |

### Community Edition

- Application definition, packaging and delivery automation
- Pre-defined application templates
- Dynamic service bindings
- Clustering topologies
- Service discovery
- Update strategies
- Export to Docker, tarball, and container registries

## About

Chef Habitat is an open source automation solution that includes the Chef Habitat Studio for application development and packaging, and the Chef Habitat Supervisor, a lightweight agent for managing applications in production across any operating system or platform.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Linux, Windows
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Hybrid, Self-hosted

## Integrations (4)

_Independently observed._

- Docker
- Azure Container Registry
- Amazon Elastic Container Registry
- Docker Hub

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Configuration Management Tools. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Architecture | Agent-based |
| Push / pull model | - |
| Config language | bash, powershell |
| **Deployment** | |
| Masterless mode | - |
| **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 | ✓ |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://www.habitat.sh/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | free | [link](https://www.habitat.sh/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://www.habitat.sh/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://www.habitat.sh/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 4 | [link](https://www.habitat.sh/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://www.habitat.sh/status) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/habitat). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*