Awesome Sysadmin
A curated list of amazingly awesome Free and Open-Source sysadmin resources. Please read the Contributing if you wish to add software and consider donating to the FLOSS projects you use regularly. Please consider contributing to fix one of the pinned issues if your time allows.
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Table of contents
Software
Automation
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Build automation.
- Apache Ant - Automation build tool, similar to make, a library and command-line tool whose mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Java
- Apache Maven - Build automation tool mainly for Java. A software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project's build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Java
- Bazel - A fast, scalable, multi-language and extensible build system. Used by Google. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Java
- GNU Make - The most popular automation build tool for many purposes, make is a tool which controls the generation of executables and other non-source files of a program from the program's source files. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 C
- Gradle - Another build automation system. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Groovy/Java
- OpenBolt - Orchestration tool to run orchestration workflows or one-off tasks/scripts to automate the provisioning and management of nodes. Community fork of the last open source version of Puppet Bolt. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Ruby
- parse-dmarc
⚠ - DMARC aggregate report parser with a built-in dashboard. Fetches reports over IMAP, stores them, and flags spoofing. Single Go binary with embedded Vue UI, SQLite storage, and Prometheus metrics (alternative to PowerDMARC, EasyDMARC, Dmarcian). (Source Code, Clients) Apache-2.0 Go/Docker
- Rake - Build automation tool similar to Make, written in and extensible in Ruby. (Source Code)
MIT Ruby
Backups
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Backup software.
See also: Restic's list of Linux backup software
- Backrest - Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 Docker/Go
- Backupninja - Lightweight, extensible meta-backup system, provides a centralized way to configure and coordinate many different backup utilities.
GPL-2.0 Shell
- Bareos - Cross-network backup solution which preserves, archives, and recovers data from all major operating systems. (Source Code)
AGPL-3.0 C++/C
- Barman - Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 Python
- BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption. (Source Code)
BSD-3-Clause Python
- Burp - Network backup and restore program. (Source Code)
AGPL-3.0 C
- Dar - Which stands for Disk ARchive, is a robust and rich featured archiving and backup software of the tar style. (Source Code)
GPL-2.0 C++
- Databasus - PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB backup tool with web UI, external storages (local, S3, FTP, Google Drive, etc.), notifications (webhook, Discord, Slack, etc.) and team management. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Docker
- Duplicati - Backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on cloud storage services and remote file servers. (Source Code)
LGPL-2.1 C#
- Duplicity - Encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup using the rsync algorithm. (Source Code)
GPL-2.0 Python
- Minarca - Client–server backup platform with a centralized web console to manage and restore Linux, Windows, and macOS backups via GUI or CLI. (Source Code)
AGPL-3.0 Python
- Portabase - Server dashboard tool that simplifies the backup and restoration of your database instances. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Docker
- Proxmox Backup Server - Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise-class, client-server backup solution thatis capable of backing up virtual machines, containers, and physical hosts. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 Rust
- rclone - Command-line program to sync files and directories to and from different cloud storage providers.. (Source Code)
MIT Go
- Rdiff-backup - Reverse differential backup tool, over a network or locally. (Source Code)
GPL-2.0 Python
- Restic - Easy, fast, verifiable, secure and efficient remote backup tool. (Source Code)
BSD-2-Clause Go
- Rsnapshot - Filesystem snapshot utility based on rsync. (Source Code)
GPL-2.0 Perl
- Shield - A pluggable architecture for backup and restore of database systems.
MIT Go
- UrBackup - Client/Server Open Source Network Backup for Windows, MacOS and Linux. (Source Code)
AGPL-3.0 C/C++
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Build and software organization tools.
- EasyBuild - EasyBuild builds software and modulefiles for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems in an efficient way. (Source Code)
GPL-2.0 Python
- Environment Modules - Environment Modules provides for the dynamic modification of a user's environment via modulefiles. (Source Code)
GPL-2.0 Tcl
- Lmod - Lmod is a Lua based module system that easily handles the MODULEPATH Hierarchical problem. (Source Code)
MIT Lua
- Spack - A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers. (Source Code)
MIT/Apache-2.0 Python
ChatOps
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Conversation-driven development and management.
See also: /r/chatops
- Eggdrop - The oldest Internet Relay Chat (IRC) bot still in active development. (Source Code)
GPL-2.0 C
- Errbot - Plugin based chatbot designed to be easily deployable, extensible and maintainable. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 Python
- Hubot - A customizable, life embetterment robot. (Source Code)
MIT Nodejs
Cloud Computing
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Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user.
Please visit Cloud Native Software Landscape
Code Review
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Code review is a software quality assurance activity in which one or several people check a program mainly by viewing and reading parts of its source code.
Please visit awesome-selfhosted/Software Development - Project Management
Configuration Management
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Configuration management (CM) is a systems engineering process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life.
- Ansible - Provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tool. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 Python
- CFEngine - Configuration management system for automated configuration and maintenance of large-scale computer systems. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 C
- CINC - Free distribution of Chef, a configuration management tool using a pure-Ruby, domain-specific language (DSL) for writing system configuration "recipes". (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Ruby
- cloud-init - Initialization tool to automate the configuration of VMs, cloud instances, or machines on a network. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0/Apache-2.0 Python
- OpenVox - Community fork of the last open source version of Puppet, a software configuration management tool which includes its own declarative language to describe system configuration. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Ruby/C
- Rudder - Scalable and dynamic configuration management system for patching, security & compliance, based on CFEngine. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 Scala
- Salt - Event-driven IT automation, remote task execution, and configuration management software. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Python
Configuration Management Database
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Configuration management database (CMDB) software.
Related: IT Asset Management
- i-doit - IT Documentation and CMDB.
AGPL-3.0 PHP
- iTop - Complete ITIL web based service management tool. (Source Code)
AGPL-3.0 PHP
- netbox - IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool. (Demo, Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Python
Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment
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Continuous integration/deployment software.
- ArgoCD - Declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Go
- Buildbot - Python-based toolkit for continuous integration. (Source Code)
GPL-2.0 Python
- CDS - Enterprise-Grade Continuous Delivery & DevOps Automation Open Source Platform. (Source Code)
BSD-3-Clause Go
- Concourse - Concourse is a CI tool that treats pipelines as first class objects and containerizes every step along the way. (Demo, Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Go
- GitLab CI - Gitlab's built-in, full-featured CI/CD solution. (Source Code)
MIT Ruby
- GoCD - Continuous delivery server. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Java/Ruby
- Harness - End-to-end developer platform with Source Control Management, CI/CD Pipelines, Hosted Developer Environments, and Artifact Registries (fork of Drone). (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Go
- Jenkins - Continuous Integration Server. (Source Code)
MIT Java
- Laminar - Fast, lightweight, simple and flexible Continuous Integration. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 C++
- PHP Censor - Open source self-hosted continuous integration server for PHP projects.
BSD-2-Clause PHP
- Stategraph - GitOps-first automation platform for Terraform and OpenTofu workflows with support for self-hosted runners. (Source Code)
MPL-2.0 OCaml/Docker
- werf - Open Source CI/CD tool for building Docker images and deploying to Kubernetes via GitOps. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Go
- Woodpecker - Community fork of Drone that uses Docker containers. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 Go
Control Panels
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Web hosting and server or service control panels.
- Ajenti - Control panel for Linux and BSD. (Source Code)
MIT Python/Shell
- Cockpit - Web-based graphical interface for servers. (Source Code)
LGPL-2.1 C
- Froxlor - Lightweight server management software with Nginx and PHP-FPM support. (Source Code)
GPL-2.0 PHP
- HestiaCP - Web server control panel (fork of VestaCP). (Demo, Source Code)
GPL-3.0 PHP/Shell/Other
- ISPConfig - Manage Linux servers directly through your browser. (Source Code)
BSD-3-Clause PHP
- MeshCentral - A complete web-based remote monitoring and management web site. (Source Code)
Apache-2.0 JavaScript/HTML
- Virtualmin - Powerful and flexible web hosting control panel for Linux and BSD systems. (Source Code)
GPL-3.0 Shell/Perl/Other
- Webmin - Web-based interface for system administration for Unix. (Source Code)
BSD-3-Clause Perl
Databases
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Database servers.
Please visit dbdb.io - Database of Databases
See also: awesome-selfhosted/Database Management
Deployment Automation
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Tools and scripts to support deployments to your servers.
- Capistrano - Deploy your application to any number of machines simultaneously,
A curated list of free and open-source sysadmin tools, covering everything from backups and configuration management to monitoring, CI/CD, virtualization, and VPNs.