SaltStack
Distributed infrastructure automation and command execution platform
- Also known as
- saltstack
What is SaltStack?
A tool for automating configuration management and executing commands across multiple networked systems in a distributed architecture.
What SaltStack 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
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- Push / pull model
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- Config language
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- Masterless mode
- -
- Hosting
- -
- Idempotent
- -
- Desired-state declarative
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- Content registry
- -
- Windows support
- -
- Cloud provisioning
- -
- Policy / compliance
- -
- Enterprise edition
- -
- Open-source core
- ✓
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 67 (2 in the last 12 months), max severity CRITICAL sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
SaltStack 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%
- BOSHAutomation platform for deploying and managing distributed systems across cloud infrastructurehigh · 79%
- SaltEvent-driven automation platform for infrastructure management and configuration at scalehigh · 78%
- Ansiblemedium · 67%
- Landscapemedium · 72%
- NixOS / NixA declarative package manager and Linux distribution using functional programming principlesmedium · 52%
Compare SaltStack
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 SaltStack, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package downloads | 57 | 0.17 | 9.8 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 63 | 0.12 | 7.6 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 97 | 0.07 | 6.5 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 44 | 0.08 | 3.5 | ✓ |
| Stars | 79 | 0.03 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Security score | 48 | 0.05 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.08 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.09 | 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 · 2026-09-10 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Open source core | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-09-10 · 95% |
Release
Security
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