Ansible

IT automation and configuration management

88
Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

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

Ansible
unknown

Dependency Chain

Upstream
Python OpenSSH Linux Kernel
Ansible

Impact Analysis

3 Direct Dependencies
0 Dependent Projects
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