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* [Apache Ant](https://ant.apache.org/) - Automation build tool, similar to make, written in Java.
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* [GNU Make](http://www.gnu.org/software/make/) - The most popular automation build tool for many purposes.
* [Gradle](http://gradle.org/) - Another build automation system.
* [Rake](https://github.com/ruby/rake) - Build automation tool similar to Make, written in and extensible in Ruby.
* [Bolt](https://puppet.com/products/bolt) - You can use Bolt to run one-off tasks, scripts to automate the provisioning and management of some nodes, you can use Bolt to move a step beyond scripts, and make them shareable.
## Backups
*Backup software.*
*Backup software.* Also see [Restic's list of Linux backup software](https://github.com/restic/others).
* [Amanda](http://www.amanda.org/) - Client-server model backup tool.
* [Bareos](http://www.bareos.org/en/) - A fork of Bacula backup tool.
* [BackupPC](http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/) - BackupPC is a high-performance system for backing up to disk.
* [Shield](https://github.com/starkandwayne/shield) - A pluggable architecture for backup and restore of database systems.
* [Snebu](http://www.snebu.com/) – Snapshot backup with global multi-client deduplication and transparent compression.
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* [DREBS](https://github.com/dojo4/drebs) - AWS EBS backup script that supports strategies.
* [ZBackup](http://zbackup.org/) - A versatile deduplicating backup tool.
## Build and software organization tools
*Build and software organization tools.*
* [EasyBuild](https://easybuild.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) - EasyBuild builds software and modulefiles for High Performance Computing (HPC) systems in an efficient way.
* [environment-modules Lmod](https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/research-development/tacc-projects/lmod) - Lmod is a Lua based module system that easily handles the MODULEPATH Hierarchical problem.
* [HPCBIOS](http://hpcbios.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) - HPCBIOS is an effort to setup a common, well-documented and reproducible, environment spanning across multiple HPC systems & sites, *inclusive* of documentation.
* [Spack](https://spack.io/) - A flexible package manager that supports multiple versions, configurations, platforms, and compilers.
## ChatOps
*Conversation-driven development and management. See https://www.reddit.com/r/chatops for more information.*
* [CloudBot](https://github.com/CloudBotIRC/CloudBot) - The simple, fast, expandable Python IRC bot.
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* [Lita](https://www.lita.io/) - A robot companion for your company's chat room.
* [Abot](https://github.com/itsabot/abot) - A digital assistant framework in Go.
## Client management
*Managing software on desktop computers.*
* [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) – Windows CLI package manager written in .NET/PS, based on [NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/).
* [just-install](http://just-install.it/) – Python script for downloading and silently installing MSI files.
* [OCS Inventory NG](http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/) - Inventory, deployment and network scan.
* [OCS Inventory NG](https://ocsinventory-ng.org/?lang=en) - Inventory, deployment and network scan.
* [Opsi](http://www.opsi.org) (open PC server integration) - Client Management for Windows based on Debian.
* [WAPT](https://dev.tranquil.it/wiki/WAPT_-_apt-get_pour_Windows/en) - Network-wide (un)installation, configuration and upgrades of Windows based software.
* [WPKG](http://wpkg.org/) - Software deployment, upgrade and removal program for Windows.
## Cloning
*Cloning software.*
* [Clonezilla](http://clonezilla.org/) - Partition and disk imaging/cloning program.
* [Fog](https://www.fogproject.org/) - Another computer cloning solution.
## Cloud Computing
* [AppScale](https://github.com/AppScale/appscale) - Cloud software with Google App Engine compatibility.
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* [CloudStack](http://cloudstack.apache.org/) - Cloud computing software for creating, managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud services.
* [Cobbler](http://cobbler.github.io/) - Cobbler is a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments.
* [Cracow Cloud One - Polish Private Cloud](http://cc1.ifj.edu.pl/) - The CC1 system provides a complete solution for Private Cloud Computing.
* [Eucalyptus](https://www.eucalyptus.cloud/) - Private cloud software with AWS compatibility.
* [Flynn](https://flynn.io) - PaaS
* [Mesos](http://mesos.apache.org/) - Develop and run resource-efficient distributed systems.
* [OpenNebula](http://opennebula.org/) - User-driven cloud management platform for sysadmins and devops.
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* [The Foreman](http://theforeman.org/) - Complete lifecycle management tool for physical and virtual servers. FOSS.
* [Tsuru](https://tsuru.io) - Tsuru is an extensible Platform as a Service software.
## Cloud Orchestration
* [BOSH](http://bosh.io/docs/) - IaaS orchestration platform originally written for deploying and managing Cloud Foundry PaaS, but also useful for general purpose distributed systems.
* [Salt](http://saltstack.com/) - Fast, scalable and flexible systems management software written in Python/ZeroMQ.
* [Spruce](https://github.com/geofffranks/spruce) - A tool that merges separate YAML files into one. Works well with [Genesis](https://github.com/starkandwayne/genesis).
* [StackStorm](https://stackstorm.com/) - Event Driven Operations and ChatOps platform for infrastructure management. Written in Python
* [StackStorm](https://stackstorm.com/) - Event Driven Operations and ChatOps platform for infrastructure management. Written in Python.
* [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/) - Terraform works with many cloud providers and creates infrastructure from code.
## Code Review
*Web Based collaborative code review system.*
* [Gerrit](https://www.gerritcodereview.com/) - Based on the Git version control, it facilitates software developers to review modifications to the source code and approve or reject those changes.
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* [Review Board](https://www.reviewboard.org/) - Available as free software under the MIT License.
## Collaborative Software
*Collaborative software or groupware suites.*
* [Citadel/UX](http://www.citadel.org/) - Collaboration suite (messaging and groupware) that is descended from the Citadel family of programs.
* [EGroupware](http://www.egroupware.org/start.html) - Groupware software written in PHP.
* [Horde Groupware](http://www.horde.org/apps/groupware) - PHP based collaborative software suite that includes email, calendars, wikis, time tracking and file management.
* [Kolab](https://kolab.org/) - Another groupware suite.
* [SOGo](http://www.sogo.nu/) - Collaborative software server with a focus on simplicity and scalability.
* [Zimbra](https://www.zimbra.com/open-source-email-overview/) - Collaborative software suite, that includes an email server and web client.
* [i-doit](http://www.i-doit.org/) - IT Documentation and CMDB.
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* [netbox](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox) - IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool
## Configuration Management
*Configuration management tools.*
* [Ansible](http://www.ansible.com/) - It's written in Python and manages the nodes over SSH.
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* [Pallet](http://palletops.com/) - Infrastructure definition, configuration and management via a Clojure DSL.
* [Puppet](https://puppet.com/) - It's written in Ruby and uses Puppet's declarative language or a Ruby DSL.
* [Salt](http://saltstack.com/) - It's written in Python.
* [Slaughter](http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/slaughter/) - It's written in Perl.
## Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment
*Continuous integration/deployment software.*
* [Buildbot](http://buildbot.net/) - Python-based toolkit for continuous integration.
* [CapsuleCD](https://github.com/AnalogJ/capsulecd) - CD script for automating package/library releases (npm, cookbooks, gems, pip, jars, etc).
* [concourse](http://concourse.ci/) - A modern tool to gain visibility on the CI/CD pipeline. The flexible, declarative DSL is easy to learn and powerful to use.
* [Drone](https://github.com/drone/drone) - Continuous integration server built on Docker and configured using YAML files.
* [GitLab CI](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/) - Based off of ruby. They also provide GitLab, which manages git repositories.
- [CapsuleCD](https://analogj.github.io/capsulecd-slides/) - CD script for automating package/library releases (npm, cookbooks, gems, pip, jars, etc). ([Source Code](https://github.com/AnalogJ/capsulecd)) `MIT``Go`
- [Concourse](https://concourse-ci.org/) - Concourse is a CI tool that treats pipelines as first class objects and containerizes every step along the way. ([Demo](https://ci.concourse-ci.org/), [Source Code](https://github.com/concourse/concourse)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [drone](https://drone.io/) - Drone is a Continuous Delivery platform built on Docker, written in Go. ([Source Code](https://github.com/drone/drone)) `Apache-2.0``Go`
- [Factor](http://www.factor.io/) - Programmatically define and run workflows to connect configuration management, source code management, build, continuous integration, continuous deployment and communication tools. ([Source Code](https://github.com/factor-io/factor)) `MIT``Ruby`
- [GolangCI](https://golangci.com/) - Open Source automated code review service for Go integrated with GitHub pull requests. ([Source Code](https://github.com/golangci/golangci)) `AGPL-3.0``Go`
- [PHP Censor](https://github.com/php-censor/php-censor) - Open source self-hosted continuous integration server for PHP projects. `BSD-2-Clause``PHP`
- [PHPCI](https://www.phptesting.org/) - Free and open source continuous integration specifically designed for PHP. ([Source Code](https://github.com/block8/phpci)) `BSD-2-Clause``PHP`
*Web hosting and server or service control panels*
*Web hosting and server or service control panels.*
* Web hosting
* [Froxlor](https://froxlor.org/) - Easy to use panel for Linux with Nginx and PHP-FPM support.
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* [Atomia DNS](http://atomiadns.com/) - DNS management system.
* [nsedit](https://github.com/tuxis-ie/nsedit) - nsedit is a DNS editor for PowerDNS, working with PowerDNS's new API.
* [PDNS Gui](https://github.com/odoucet/pdns-gui) - WebGUI which aids in administering domains and records for PowerDNS with MySQL.
* [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) - A blackhole for Internet Advertisements with a gui for managing and monitoring
* [Poweradmin](http://www.poweradmin.org/) - Friendly web-based DNS administration tool for PowerDNS server.
* Revision Control
* [iF.SVNAdmin](http://svnadmin.insanefactory.com/) - WebGUI to manage Subversion repositories and User/Group permissions.
* [SCM-Manager](https://www.scm-manager.org/) - The easiest way to share and manage your Git, Mercurial and Subversion repositories.
* [WebSVN](http://www.websvn.info/) - Opensource web subversion repository browser.
* Revision Control: see [awesome-selfhosted#project-management](https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted#project-management)
* Virtualization
* [Feathur](http://feathur.com) - VPS Provisioning and Management Software.
* [Panamax](http://panamax.io/) - Project that makes deploying complex containerized apps as easy as Drag-and-Drop.
* [OpenVZ Web Panel](https://github.com/sibprogrammer/owp) - Web panel to control OpenVZ virtual machines.
* [WebVirtMgr](https://retspen.github.io) - libvirt-based Web interface for managing virtual machines.
* Server
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* [Cockpit](http://cockpit-project.org/) - New multi-server web interface for Linux servers written in C.
* [Webmin](http://www.webmin.com/) - Linux server control panel.
## Deployment Automation
*Tools and scripts to support deployments to your servers.*
* [Capistrano](http://capistranorb.com/) - Deploy your application to any number of machines simultaneously, in sequence or as a rolling set via SSH (rake based).
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* [sup](https://github.com/pressly/sup/) - Super simple deployment tool - just Unix - think of it like 'make' for a network of servers.
* [Vlad the Deployer](https://github.com/seattlerb/vlad) - Deployment automation (rake based).
## Distributed Filesystems
*Network distributed filesystems.*
* [Camlistore](https://camlistore.org/) - A set of open source formats, protocols, and software for modeling, storing, searching, sharing and synchronizing data.
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* [TahoeLAFS](https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs) - secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant, peer-to-peer distributed data store and distributed file system.
* [XtreemFS](http://www.xtreemfs.org/) - XtreemFS is a fault-tolerant distributed file system for all storage needs.
## DNS
*DNS servers.*
* [Bind](https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind/) - The most widely used name server software.
* [CoreDNS](https://coredns.io/) - Flexible DNS server written on Go.
* [djbdns](http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html) - A collection of DNS applications, including tinydns.
* [Designate](https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Designate) - DNS REST API that support several DNS servers as its backend.
* [dnsmasq](http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html) - A lightweight service providing DNS, DHCP and TFTP services to small-scale networks.
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* [Unbound](http://unbound.net/) - Validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver.
* [Yadifa](http://www.yadifa.eu/) - Lightweight authoritative Name Server with DNSSEC capabilities powering the .eu top-level domain.
## Domains
*Domain management.*
* [DnsControl](https://stackexchange.github.io/dnscontrol/) - Opinionated platform for seamlessly managing your DNS configuration across any number of DNS hosts, both in the cloud or in your own infrastructure.
* [DomainMOD](https://domainmod.org) - Manage your domains and other internet assets in a central location.
* [octoDNS](https://github.com/github/octodns) - Set of tools and patterns that make it easy to manage your DNS records across multiple providers.
## Editors
*Open source code editors.*
* [Atom](https://atom.io/) - A hackable text editor from Github.
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* [KDevelop](https://www.kdevelop.org/) - IDE by the people behind KDE.
* [Light Table](http://lighttable.com/) - The next generation code editor.
* [Lime](http://limetext.org/) - Aims to provide an open source solution to Sublime Text
* [Micro](https://micro-editor.github.io/) - A modern and intuitive terminal-based text editor
* [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/) - GPLv2 multi-language editor with syntax highlighting for Windows.
* [TextMate](https://github.com/textmate/textmate/) - A graphical text editor for OS X.
* [Vim](http://www.vim.org) - A highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient editing.
* [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) - An open source cross-platform extensible code editor from Microsoft
* [Nano](http://nano-editor.org) - Easy to use, customizable text editor.
## Identity Management
*LDAP servers and other tools to manage accounts and identities.*
### LDAP
* [389 Directory Server](http://www.port389.org/) - Developed by Red Hat.
* [Apache Directory Server](http://directory.apache.org/) - Apache Software Foundation project written in Java.
* [FreeRADIUS](http://freeradius.org/) - High performance and highly configurable multi-protocol policy/authentication server, supporting RADIUS, DHCPv4 and VMPS.
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* [FreeIPA](http://www.freeipa.org/) - Based on 389-DS. Includes Kerberos, DNS, as well as host based access control.
### Tools and web interfaces
* [Fusion Directory](https://www.fusiondirectory.org) - Improve the Management of the services and the company directory based on OpenLDAP.
* [Indieauth](https://indieauth.com/) - Sign in with your domain name (using the rel-me-auth protocol).
* [Libravatar](https://www.libravatar.org/) - Libravatar is a service which delivers your avatar (profile picture) to other websites.
* [LDAP Account Manager (LAM)](https://www.ldap-account-manager.org/lamcms/) - Web frontend for managing entries (e.g. users, groups, DHCP settings) stored in an LDAP directory.
* [OpenID](http://openid.net/developers/libraries/) - A Simple Identity layer on top of OAuth 2.0.
* [OpenID Connect](http://openid.net/developers/libraries/) - A Simple Identity layer on top of OAuth 2.0.
* [OSIAM](http://osiam.github.io/) - Secure identity management solution providing REST based services for authentication and authorization.
* [Pomerium](https://www.pomerium.io/) - An identity and context aware access-proxy inspired by BeyondCorp.
* [Samba](https://www.samba.org/) – Active Directory and CIFS protocol implementation.
* [BounCA](https://bounca.org/) - A personal SSL Key / Certificate Authority web-based tool for creating self-signed certificates.
* [easy-rsa](https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa) - bash script to build and manage a PKI CA.
* [Smallstep Certificates](https://smallstep.com/certificates/) - A private certificate authority (X.509 & SSH) and related tools for secure automated certificate management.
## IT Asset Management
*IT Assets Management software.*
* [GLPI](http://www.glpi-project.org/spip.php?lang=en) - Information Resource-Manager with an additional Administration Interface.
* [OCS Inventory NG](http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/) - Enables users to inventory their IT assets.
* [GLPI](https://www.glpi-project.org/) - Information Resource-Manager with an additional Administration Interface.
* [OCS Inventory NG](https://ocsinventory-ng.org/?lang=en) - Enables users to inventory their IT assets.
* [OPSI](http://www.opsi.org) - Hardware and software inventory, deployment, and patching for Linux and Windows.
* [RackTables](http://racktables.org/) - Datacenter and server room asset management like document hardware assets, network addresses, space in racks, networks configuration.
* [Ralph](https://github.com/allegro/ralph) - Asset management, DCIM and CMDB system for large Data Centers as well as smaller LAN networks.
* [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/) - A Lucene Based Document store mainly used for log indexing, storage and analysis.
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* [Flume](https://flume.apache.org/) - Distributed log collection and aggregation system.
* [GoAccess](http://goaccess.io/) - Real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal or through the browser. ([Source Code](https://github.com/allinurl/goaccess)) `MIT``C`
* [Graylog](https://www.graylog.org/) - Pluggable Log and Event Analysis Server with Alerting options.
* [Heka](http://hekad.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) - Stream processing system which may be used for log aggregation.
* [Hindsight](http://mozilla-services.github.io/hindsight/) - Stream processing system which may be used for log aggregation (Replaces Heka).
* [Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/products/kibana) - Visualize logs and time-stamped data.
* [Logstash](https://www.elastic.co/products/logstash) - Tool for managing events and logs.
* [Claws Mail](http://www.claws-mail.org/) - Old school email client (and news reader), based on GTK+.
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* [Sylpheed](http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/) – Still developed predecessor to Claws Mail, lightweight mail client.
* [Thunderbird](https://www.mozilla.org/de/thunderbird/) - Free email application that's easy to set up and customize.
## Monitoring
*Monitoring software.*
* [Adagios](http://adagios.org/) - Web based Nagios interface for configuration and monitoring (replacement to the standard interface), and a REST interface, [SourceCode](https://github.com/opinkerfi/adagios), [Documentation](https://github.com/opinkerfi/adagios/wiki))
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* [cadvisor](https://github.com/google/cadvisor) - Analyzes resource usage and performance characteristics of running containers ([Source Code](https://github.com/google/cadvisor)) `Apache``Go`
* [check_mk](http://mathias-kettner.com/check_mk.html) - Collection of extensions for Nagios.
* [Dash](https://github.com/afaqurk/linux-dash) - A low-overhead monitoring web dashboard for a GNU/Linux machine.
* [EdMon](https://github.com/Edraens/EdMon) - A command-line monitoring application helping you to check that your hosts and services are available, with notifications support. `MIT``Java`
* [ElastiFlow](https://github.com/robcowart/elastiflow) - Network flow Monitoring (Netflow, sFlow and IPFIX) with the Elastic Stack.
* [eZ Server Monitor](http://www.ezservermonitor.com) - A lightweight and simple dashboard monitor for Linux, available in Web and Bash application.
* [Node-Bell](https://github.com/eleme/bell.js) - Real-time anomalies detection for periodic time series, metrics monitor.
* [Netdata](https://www.netdata.cloud/) - Distributed, real-time, performance and health monitoring for systems and applications. Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, and MacOS.
* [NetXMS](https://www.netxms.org/) - Open Source network and infrastructure monitoring and management. ([Source Code](https://github.com/netxms/netxms))
* [Observium](http://www.observium.org/) - SNMP monitoring for servers and networking devices. Runs on linux.
* [OMD](http://omdistro.org/) - The Open Monitoring Distribution.
* [Performance Co-Pilot](http://pcp.io) - Lightweight, distributed system performance and analysis framework.
* [PhpSysInfo](https://phpsysinfo.github.io/phpsysinfo/) - A customizable PHP script that displays information about your system nicely.
* [PHP Server Monitor](https://www.phpservermonitor.org/) - Open source tool to monitor your servers and websites
* [psdash](https://github.com/Jahaja/psdash) - A linux system information web dashboard using psut
ils and flask.
* [psdash](https://github.com/Jahaja/psdash) - A linux system information web dashboard using psut ils and flask.
* [pyDash](https://k3oni.github.io/pydash/) - Small web-based monitoring dashboard for linux.
* [Riemann](http://riemann.io/) - Flexible and fast events processor allowing complex events/metrics analysis.
* [rtop](https://github.com/rapidloop/rtop) - an interactive, remote system monitoring tool based on SSH.
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* [ServerStatus BotoX](https://github.com/BotoX/ServerStatus) - Display and monitor your servers statistics in a beatiful way.
* [ServerStatus moejda](https://github.com/mojeda/ServerStatus) - Server Status website script, displays uptime (days), free RAM, free HDD
* [Shinken](http://www.shinken-monitoring.org/) - Another monitoring framework.
* [SWMP - Server Web Monitor Page](https://swmp.fuzzytek.ml/) - A responsive, eye-pleasing Linux server statistics dashboard.([Source Code](https://github.com/fuzzymannerz/swmp))
* [SWMP - Server Web Monitor Page](https://swmp.ml/) - A responsive, eye-pleasing Linux server statistics dashboard.([Source Code](https://github.com/fuzzymannerz/swmp))
* [Thruk](http://www.thruk.org/) - Multibackend monitoring web interface with support for Naemon, Nagios, Icinga and Shinken.
* [Uchiwa](https://uchiwa.io/) - Simple dashboard for sensu.
* [Vector](https://github.com/Netflix/vector/) - An on-host performance monitoring framework.
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* [Zabbix](http://www.zabbix.com/) - Enterprise-class software for monitoring of networks and applications.
* [Zenoss](http://community.zenoss.org) - Application, server, and network management platform based on Zope.
## Metric & Metric Collection
*Metric gathering and display software.*
* Collectors only
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* [PGObserver](https://github.com/zalando/PGObserver) - Monitoring solution for PostgreSQL databases that also works with AWS RDS.
* [tcollector](http://opentsdb.net/docs/build/html/user_guide/utilities/tcollector.html) - System statistic collection daemon written in Python for OpenTSDB
* [Telegraf](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf) - The plugin-driven server agent for collecting & reporting metrics.
* Dashboards
* [Grafana](http://grafana.org/) - A Graphite & InfluxDB Dashboard and Graph Editor.
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* [Dashing](http://dashing.io/) - Ruby gem that allows for rapid statistical dashboard development. An all HTML5 approach allows for big screen displays in data centers or conference rooms.
* [Facette](http://facette.io) - Time series data visualization and graphing software written in Go.
* [Freeboard](https://github.com/Freeboard/freeboard) - A damn-sexy front-end real-time dashboard for the internet of things. Transforms raw JSON into delicious UI.
* [Netdata](http://netdata.firehol.org/) - Real-time performance monitoring for Linux systems with plugin support.
* Storage
* [OpenTSDB](http://opentsdb.net/) - Store and server massive amounts of time series data without losing granularity.
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* [Packetbeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats) - Captures network traffic and displays it in a custom Kibana dashboard for easy viewing.
* [GestióIP](http://www.gestioip.net/) - An automated web based IPv4/IPv6 IP Address Management tool.
* [GNS3](https://www.gns3.com/) - Graphical network simulator that provides a variety of virtual appliances - ([Source Code](https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/), [Documentation](https://docs.gns3.com/)) - `GPLv3`
* [Oxidized](https://github.com/ytti/oxidized) - A modern take on network device configuration monitoring with web interface and GIT storage.
* [phpIPAM](http://phpipam.net/) - Open source IP address management with [PowerDNS](https://www.powerdns.com/) integration.
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* [rConfig](http://www.rconfig.com/) - Another network device configuration management tool.
* [trigger](https://github.com/trigger/trigger) - Robust network automation toolkit written in Python.
## Newsletters
*Newsletter software.*
* [DadaMail](http://dadamailproject.com/) - Mailing List Manager, written in Perl.
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* [LibreMailer](https://github.com/averna-syd/LibreMailer) - Libre Mailer is a modest and simple web based email marketing application.
* [Lewsnetter](https://github.com/bborn/lewsnetter) - E-mail marketing application (create and send e-mail newsletter via SES). Includes subscription management, delivery, bounce and complaint notification, templates, and some stats.
## NoSQL
*NoSQL databases.*
* Column-Family
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* [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.org/) - Another document-oriented database system.
* [RavenDB](http://ravendb.net/) - Document based database with ACID/Transactional features.
* [RethinkDB](http://www.rethinkdb.com/) - Distributed document store database, focuses on JSON.
* [eXist-DB] (Https://www.exist-db.org/) - Open Source XML Database
* [SQLite](http://sqlite.org/) - Library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL DBS.
## Remote Management
* [Tiger VNC](http://tigervnc.org/) - TigerVNC is a high-performance, platform-neutral implementation of VNC (Virtual Network Computing), a client/server application that allows users to launch and interact with graphical applications on remote machines.
* [Remmina](http://www.remmina.org/wp/) - A Feature rich remote desktop application for linux and other unixes.
* [X2go](http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php) - X2Go is an open source remote desktop software for Linux that uses the NX technology protocol.
* [rdpwrap](https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap) - RDP wrapper library allowing Remote Desktop Host support and concurrent RDP sessions on reduced functionality systems for home usage.
## Service Discovery
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* [etcd](https://github.com/coreos/etcd) - distributed K/V-Store, authenticating via SSL PKI and a REST HTTP Api for shared configuration and service discovery.
* [ZooKeeper](http://zookeeper.apache.org/) - ZooKeeper is a centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services.
## Software Containers
*Operating system–level virtualization.*
* [Docker](http://www.docker.com/) - Platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications.
* [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) - Define and run multi-container Docker applications.
* [Docker Swarm](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/) - Manage cluster of Docker Engines.
* [Portainer](https://portainer.io/) - Simple management UI for Docker.
* [LXC](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/) - Userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features.
* [LXD](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/) – a container "hypervisor" and a better UX for LXC.
* [OpenVZ](http://openvz.org) - Container-based virtualization for Linux.
## Status Pages
* [Cachet](https://cachethq.io) - Status page system written in PHP.
* [Stashboard](http://www.stashboard.org) - Status page for cloud services and APIs.
* [Statusfy](https://statusfy.co/) - A modern status page for presenting critical service updates.
* [System Status Dashboard (SSD)](http://www.system-status-dashboard.com/) - Overview about an organization's infrastructure health status.
* [Staytus](http://staytus.co/) - Staytus is a complete solution for publishing the latest information about any issues with your web applications, networks or services.
* [vigil](https://github.com/valeriansaliou/vigil) - Microservices Status Page. Monitors a distributed infrastructure and sends alerts to Slack. Written in Rust.
* [Statping](https://github.com/hunterlong/statping) - Status page system written in Go.
## Troubleshooting
*Troubleshooting Tools.*
+ [grml](https://grml.org) – bootable Debian Live CD with powerful CLI tools.
* [grml](https://grml.org) – bootable Debian Live CD with powerful CLI tools.
* [mitmproxy](http://mitmproxy.org/) - A Python tool used for intercepting, viewing and modifying network traffic. Invaluable in troubleshooting certain problems.
* [mtr](https://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/) - Network utility that combines traceroute and ping.
* [perf-tools](https://github.com/brendangregg/perf-tools) - Performance analysis tools based on Linux perf_events (aka perf) and ftrace.
* [Sysdig](http://www.sysdig.org/) - Capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze.
* [WireGuard](https://www.wireguard.com/) - Very fast VPN based on elliptic curve and public key crypto. Linux only (2017); other clients in development.
## Web
*Web servers.*
* [Algernon](http://algernon.roboticoverlords.org/) - Web/application server that supports Lua, live-reload, templates, Sass and HTTP/2.
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* [Nginx](http://nginx.org/) - Reverse proxy, load balancer, HTTP cache, and web server.
* [uWSGI](https://github.com/unbit/uwsgi/) - The uWSGI project aims at developing a full stack for building hosting services.
*Web Performance*
*Web Performance.*
* [HAProxy](http://www.haproxy.org/) - Software based load Balancing, SSL offloading and performance optimization, compression, and general web routing.
* [Varnish](https://www.varnish-cache.org/) - HTTP based web application accelerator focusing on optimizing caching and compression.
# Resources
Various resources, such as books, websites and articles, for improving your skills and knowledge.
## Blogs
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* [Rackspace Developers](https://developer.rackspace.com/blog/) - Slightly biased blog with lots of Devops Topics.
* [RoseHosting Blog](https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/) - Linux tutorials for installing and configuring various software through the Linux command line. Guides and introductions to different Linux technologies and applications. Tips and tricks you can do via the Linux command line and more.
## Books
*Sysadmin related books.*
* [Codex](http://www.starkandwayne.com/codex/) - How to deploy Cloud Foundry PaaS on infrastructures like AWS, OpenStack, Azure by Stark & Wayne, LLC.
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* [The Visible Ops Handbook: Implementing ITIL in 4 Practical and Auditable Steps](http://www.itpi.org/the-visible-ops-handbook-review.html) - Is a methodology designed to jumpstart implementation of controls and process improvement.
* UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (ISBN-13: 978-0131480056) - Approaches system administration from a practical perspective.
## Communities / Forums
*For the social people.*
* [ArsTechnica OpenForum](http://arstechnica.com/civis/) – IT Forum which is attached to a large news site.
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* [Server Fault](https://serverfault.com/) – StackExchange community for system and network administrators.
## Newsletters
* [Servers for Hackers](https://serversforhackers.com/) - Newsletter for programmers who find themselves needing to know their way around a server.
* [Web Operations Weekly](http://webopsweekly.com/) - A weekly newsletter on Web operations, infrastructure, performance, and tooling, from the browser down to the metal.
## Repositories
*Software package repositories.*
* [AlternativeTo](http://alternativeto.net) - Find alternatives to software you know and discover new software.
### Debian-based distributions
* [Dotdeb](https://www.dotdeb.org/) - Repository with LAMP updated packages for Debian.
* [deb.sury.org](https://deb.sury.org/) - Repository with LAMP updated packages for Debian and Ubuntu.
### RPM-based distributions
* [ElRepo](http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php) - Community Repo for Enterprise Linux (RHEL, CentOS, etc).
* [EPEL](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) - Repository for RHEL and compatibles (CentOS, Scientific Linux).
* [IUS](https://ius.io/) - Community project that provides RPM packages for newer versions of select software for Enterprise Linux distributions.
* [Remi](http://rpms.famillecollet.com/) - Repository with LAMP updated packages for RHEL/Centos/Fedora.
* [Software Collections](https://www.softwarecollections.org) - Community Release of [Red Hat Software Collections](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-software-collections/). Provides updated packages of Ruby, Python, etc. for CentOS/Scientific Linux 6.x.
## Websites
*Useful sysadmin related websites.*
* [Awesome SysAdmin @ LibHunt](https://sysadmin.libhunt.com) - Your go-to SysAdmin Toolbox. Based on the list here.
* [Ops School](http://www.opsschool.org) - Comprehensive program that will help you learn to be an operations engineer.
* [Digital Ocean Tutorials](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials) - A surprisingly vast resource for getting the basics of certain applications, tools, or even systems administration topics.
## Wikis
*Useful Wikis for Sysadmins – not to be confused with Wiki software.*
* [ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/) – Arch Linux Wiki which has really nice written articles valid for other distros.
* [Gentoo Wiki](https://wiki.gentoo.org/) - Gentoo Linux Wiki with a lot in-detail description of Linux components.
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