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saltstack/salt

Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-04
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2011-02-20
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1,905 open
Forks
5,608
Commits
125,580 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
fabric/fabric

Simple, Pythonic remote execution and deployment.

Stack
Updated
2026-04-10
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2013-10-12
License
BSD-2-Clause
Issues
508 open
Forks
1,961
Commits
1,622 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
passteque/gluetun

VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers, written in Go, and using OpenVPN or Wireguard, DNS over TLS, with a few proxy servers built-in.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-02
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2018-02-06
License
MIT
Issues
330 open
Forks
606
Commits
2,392 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
juicedata/juicefs

JuiceFS is a distributed POSIX file system built on top of Redis and S3.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-30
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2021-01-08
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
175 open
Forks
1,263
Commits
4,469 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
sshuttle/sshuttle

Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN. Forwards over ssh. Doesn't require admin. Works with Linux and MacOS. Supports DNS tunneling.

Updated
2026-08-28
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2010-05-01
License
LGPL-2.1
Issues
212 open
Forks
795
Commits
1,356 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN

Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software. Pull requests are welcome. The stable version is available at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable.

Updated
2026-07-25
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-01-02
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
295 open
Forks
2,768
Commits
2,226 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
elastic/beats

:tropical_fish: Beats - Lightweight shippers for Elasticsearch & Logstash

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Updated
2026-08-05
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2014-02-05
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
1,011 open
Forks
5,007
Commits
20,437 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
firezone/firezone

Enterprise-ready zero-trust access platform built on WireGuard®.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-21
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2020-04-22
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
392 open
Forks
443
Commits
11,242 commits
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No 7-day history
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smallstep/certificates

🛡️ A private certificate authority (X.509 & SSH) & ACME server for secure automated certificate management, so you can use TLS everywhere & SSO for SSH.

Updated
2026-08-27
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2018-10-05
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
287 open
Forks
581
Commits
5,715 commits
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0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
draios/sysdig

Linux system exploration and troubleshooting tool with first class support for containers

Stack
Updated
2026-04-13
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2014-01-15
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
116 open
Forks
753
Commits
4,927 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
concourse/concourse

Concourse is a container-based automation system written in Go. It's mostly used for CI/CD.

Updated
2026-08-08
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2014-04-14
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
77 open
Forks
895
Commits
28,214 commits
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No 7-day history
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OneUptime/oneuptime

Complete open-source monitoring and observability platform.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-04
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2019-08-02
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
298 open
Forks
448
Commits
41,361 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
TigerVNC/tigervnc

High performance, multi-platform VNC client and server

Stack
Updated
2026-07-15
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2008-03-20
License
GPL-2.0
Issues
191 open
Forks
1,170
Commits
5,689 commits
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No 7-day history
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Ylianst/MeshCentral

A complete web-based remote monitoring and management web site. Once setup you can install agents and perform remote desktop session to devices on the local network or over the Internet.

Updated
2026-09-01
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2017-08-28
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
145 open
Forks
973
Commits
7,541 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
glpi-project/glpi

GLPI is a Free Asset and IT Management Software package, Data center management, ITIL Service Desk, licenses tracking and software auditing.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-01
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2004-01-27
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
447 open
Forks
1,795
Commits
35,294 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
webmin/webmin

Powerful and flexible web-based server management control panel

Stack
Updated
2026-09-02
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2007-04-12
License
BSD-3-Clause
Issues
120 open
Forks
797
Commits
25,636 commits
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0 0.0%
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