Best Open Source Alternatives to Ansible Tower

Compare the best free and open-source alternatives to Ansible Tower — self-hosted and desktop replacements you fully control, ranked by GitHub stars, license and platform support.

Curated by open-source.store · Updated August 2026 · 3 alternatives

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Ansible Tower alternatives compared

Open-source alternatives to Ansible Tower, compared by stars, license and platform
Tool		License	Platforms	Self-hosted
Ansible Core	70,088	GPL-3.0	LinuxmacOS	No	Jul 2026	Visit
Pulumi CLI	25,507	Apache-2.0	LinuxWindowsmacOS	No	Aug 2026	Visit
AWX	15,504	Apache-2.0	DockerLinux	Yes	Jul 2026	Visit