Ansible
IT automation and configuration management
88
Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Maintainers
Overview
Ansible is an open-source software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment tool enabling infrastructure as code.
Importance
- Leading configuration management tool
- Agentless architecture simplifies adoption
- Powers automated deployments worldwide
- Foundation for IT automation
Key Features
- Agentless architecture using SSH
- YAML-based playbooks
- Idempotent operations
- Large module ecosystem
Sustainability
Ansible is owned by Red Hat and has strong corporate backing. The community version remains actively developed with a healthy contributor base.
Dependencies
Depends On
(3)
Ansible
unknown
Dependency Chain
Upstream
Python
→
OpenSSH
→
Linux Kernel
→
Ansible
Impact Analysis
3
Direct Dependencies
0
Dependent Projects
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