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saltstack/salt

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

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-12
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2011-02-20
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1,879 open
Forks
5,610
Commits
126,134 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
2026-09-16
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2018-02-06
License
MIT
Issues
335 open
Forks
620
Commits
2,446 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
fabric/fabric

Simple, Pythonic remote execution and deployment.

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Updated
2026-04-10
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2013-10-12
License
BSD-2-Clause
Issues
509 open
Forks
1,951
Commits
1,622 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN

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

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-06
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-01-02
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
297 open
Forks
2,790
Commits
2,277 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
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
2026-10-13
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2010-05-01
License
LGPL-2.1
Issues
204 open
Forks
795
Commits
1,393 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
databasus/databasus

PostgreSQL backup tool with Point-In-Time-Recovery and restore verification

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Updated
2026-10-10
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2025-06-05
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
3 open
Forks
568
Commits
1,074 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
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
2026-10-17
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2018-10-05
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
310 open
Forks
607
Commits
5,757 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+12 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+2 0.0%
draios/sysdig

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

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2026-04-13
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3 list mentions
First commit
2014-01-15
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
116 open
Forks
751
Commits
4,927 commits
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No 7-day history
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concourse/concourse

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

Updated
2026-09-20
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2014-04-14
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
89 open
Forks
903
Commits
28,290 commits
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No 7-day history
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OneUptime/oneuptime

Complete open-source monitoring and observability platform.

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Updated
2026-10-15
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2019-08-02
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
314 open
Forks
474
Commits
49,964 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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
2026-09-24
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2017-08-28
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
180 open
Forks
1,033
Commits
7,559 commits
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0 0.0%
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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
2026-10-14
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2004-01-27
License
GPL-3.0
Issues
464 open
Forks
1,832
Commits
36,308 commits
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0 0.0%
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webmin/webmin

Powerful and flexible web-based server management control panel

Stack
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2007-04-12
License
BSD-3-Clause
Issues
131 open
Forks
796
Commits
25,886 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%