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1-60 of 170 projects
8,221 stars

chef/chef

Chef Infra, a powerful automation platform that transforms infrastructure into code automating how infrastructure is configured, deployed and managed across any environment, at any scale

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Stars8,221
6,606 stars

fleetdm/fleet

Open device management

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Stars6,606
5,634 stars

rapid7/metasploitable3

Metasploitable3 is a VM that is built from the ground up with a large amount of security vulnerabilities.

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Stars5,634
3,082 stars

inspec/inspec

InSpec: Auditing and Testing Framework

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Stars3,082
2,475 stars

pytest-dev/pytest-testinfra

Testinfra test your infrastructures

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Stars2,475
1,895 stars

test-kitchen/test-kitchen

Test Kitchen is an integration tool for developing and testing infrastructure code and software on isolated target platforms

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Stars1,895
1,653 stars

Lets-DevOps/awesome-learning

A curated list for DevOps learning resources. Join the slack channel to discuss more.

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Stars1,653
1,638 stars

sonatype/docker-nexus3

Dockerized version of Nexus Repo Manager 3

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Stars1,638
1,395 stars

sous-chefs/docker

Development repository for the docker cookbook

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Stars1,395
1,316 stars

chef/omnibus

Easily create full-stack installers for your project across a variety of platforms.

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Stars1,316
1,129 stars

itamae-kitchen/itamae

Configuration management tool inspired by Chef, but simpler and lightweight. Formerly known as Lightchef.

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Stars1,129
1,043 stars

aws/opsworks-cookbooks

Chef Cookbooks for the AWS OpsWorks Service

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Stars1,043
1,001 stars

laravel/settler

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Stars1,001
977 stars

engineyard/ey-cloud-recipes

A starter repo for custom chef recipes on EY's cloud platform. These are for reference, and do not indicate a supported status.

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Stars977
880 stars

sous-chefs/elasticsearch

Development repository for the elasticsearch cookbook

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Stars880
821 stars

chefspec/chefspec

Write RSpec examples and generate coverage reports for Chef recipes!

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Stars821
741 stars

r8/vagrant-lamp

My default LAMP development stack for Vagrant

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Stars741
696 stars

DevOps-Projects-Ideas/DevOps-Books

Curated DevOps Books

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Stars696
690 stars

chef/ohai

Ohai profiles your system and emits JSON

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Stars690
658 stars

travis-ci/travis-cookbooks

Chef cookbook monolithic repo :book: :bomb:

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Stars658
657 stars

sous-chefs/aws

Development repository for the aws cookbook

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Stars657
654 stars

applicationsonline/librarian

Librarian - A Framework for Bundlers. Librarian-Chef is at: https://github.com/applicationsonline/librarian-chef.

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Stars654
647 stars

Sliim/pentest-env

Pentest environment deployer (kali linux + targets) using vagrant and chef.

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Stars647
642 stars

fossable/goldboot

Build golden images with CI

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Stars642
616 stars

buildout/buildout

Buildout is a deployment automation tool written in and extended with Python

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Stars616
589 stars

facebook/chef-cookbooks

Open source chef cookbooks.

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Stars589
587 stars

Murgio/Food-Recipe-CNN

food image to recipe with deep convolutional neural networks.

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Stars587
570 stars

koto/xsschef

Chrome extension Exploitation Framework

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Stars570
558 stars

sous-chefs/nginx

Development repository for the nginx cookbook

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Stars558
514 stars

sous-chefs/rvm

Development repository for the rvm cookbook

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Stars514
500 stars

infochimps-labs/ironfan

Chef orchestration layer -- your system diagram come to life. Provision EC2, OpenStack or Vagrant without changes to cookbooks or configuration

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Stars500
469 stars

tobami/littlechef

Cook with Chef without a Chef Server

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Stars469
462 stars

test-kitchen/kitchen-docker

A Test Kitchen Driver for Docker

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Stars462
454 stars

sous-chefs/php

Development repository for the php cookbook

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Stars454
454 stars

dev-sec/chef-os-hardening

This chef cookbook provides numerous security-related configurations, providing all-round base protection.

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Stars454
446 stars

FusionAuth/security-scripts

Scripts built from our Guide to User Data Security

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Stars446
423 stars

sous-chefs/jenkins

Development repository for the jenkins cookbook

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Stars423
420 stars

spencergibb/battleschool

Development environment provisioning using ansible, ala boxen -> puppet, kitchenplan -> chef

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Stars420
407 stars

sous-chefs/java

Development repository for the java cookbook

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Stars407
391 stars

itamae-kitchen/mitamae

mitamae is a fast, simple, and single-binary configuration management tool with a DSL like Chef

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Stars391
384 stars

Sliim/pentest-lab

Pentest Lab on OpenStack with Heat, Chef provisioning and Docker

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Stars384
377 stars

chef-boneyard/chef-dk

DEPRECATED: A streamlined development and deployment workflow for Chef Infra platform.

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Stars377
375 stars

sous-chefs/postgresql

Development repository for the postgresql cookbook

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Stars375
369 stars

Chobbes/org-chef

A package for making a cookbook and managing recipes with org-mode.

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Stars369
357 stars

applicationsonline/librarian-chef

Librarian-Chef - A Bundler for your Chef Cookbooks. Librarian is at: https://github.com/applicationsonline/librarian.

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Stars357
356 stars

dev-sec/hardening

DevSec Examples

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Stars356
345 stars

harismuneer/Restaurant-Management-System

👨‍🍳 An Android based RMS that aims to digitalize the day to day processes of various restaurant operations including ordering, billing, kitchen, hall and inventory management.

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Stars345
345 stars

phlipper/chef-libqt4

Chef cookbook for libqt4

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Stars345
343 stars

sous-chefs/mysql

Development repository for the mysql cookbook

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Stars343
342 stars

kitchenplan/kitchenplan

Kitchenplan is a small tool to fully automate the installation and configuration of an OSX workstation (or server for that matter) using Chef. But while doing so manually is not a trivial undertaking, Kitchenplan has abstracted away all the hard parts.

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Stars342
333 stars

jonlives/knife-spork

A workflow plugin to help many devs work with cookbooks and environments at once

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Stars333
332 stars

sous-chefs/ruby_rbenv

Development repository for the ruby_rbenv cookbook

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Stars332
327 stars

Esri/arcgis-cookbook

Chef cookbooks for ArcGIS

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Stars327
313 stars

gites/awesome-vault-tools

Awesome tools around HashiCorp Vault

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Stars313
308 stars

mkocher/soloist

The easiest way to get started with chef solo

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Stars308
303 stars

chef/chef-server

Chef Infra Server is a hub for configuration data; storing cookbooks, node policies and metadata of managed nodes.

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Stars303
296 stars

sous-chefs/redisio

Development repository for the redisio cookbook

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Stars296
290 stars

ezmobius/chef-deploy

Chef Resources and Providers for deploying ruby web apps without capistrano

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Stars290
289 stars

ffuenf/vagrant-boxes

baseboxes build with packer.io for use with vagrant

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Stars289
287 stars

sous-chefs/apache2

Development repository for the apache2 cookbook

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Stars287
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