Foreman

Foreman is ranked #8 of 67 in IT automation software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.

Foreman plans and pricing

Foreman Free Free and open source; self-managed installation theforeman.org · 1 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes

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Foreman

Purpose: Foreman is a complete lifecycle management tool for physical and virtual servers.
Automation: Foreman helps system administrators automate repetitive tasks, deploy applications, and manage servers on-premise or in the cloud.
Provisioning: Foreman provisions bare-metal systems and public or private cloud resources, including Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine, OpenStack, Libvirt, oVirt, and VMware.
Configuration management: Foreman includes configuration management support for Puppet and Salt and collects Ansible reports and facts.
Monitoring: Foreman reports show what happened on nodes and indicate which hosts are healthy or outdated.
REST API: Foreman provides a RESTful API for tasks such as registering hosts and assigning user roles.
CLI: The Hammer CLI provides access to Foreman API calls for administration and automation.
Access control: Foreman provides role-based access control and can use LDAP or FreeIPA for authentication and authorization.
Auditing: Foreman includes an audits system that records how, who, and when changes occurred.
Extensibility: Foreman has a pluggable architecture that allows it to be extended in many directions.
Architecture: A typical Foreman deployment contains a Foreman server, Smart Proxy servers, and managed hosts.
Supported server platform: Foreman server and Smart Proxy servers can run on Enterprise Linux 9, and community packages are provided only for x86_64.
Security compliance: Smart Proxy can perform OpenSCAP security compliance scans on hosts and upload compliance reports to Foreman.
Security limitation: Foreman can run on a FIPS-enabled host, but Foreman itself is not FIPS-certified.
Price from: Free

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best IT Automation Software in 2026#8 of 67
Best Bare Metal Provisioning Software in 2026#4 of 29
Best OS Deployment Software in 2026#6 of 27
Best IT Configuration Management Software in 2026#7 of 23

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Sources

theforeman.org· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.theforeman.org/nightly/Planning_for_Project/index-fore· checked 30 Sept 2026
theforeman.org/2019/07/foreman-community-newsletter-ju· checked 30 Sept 2026
theforeman.org/introduction.html· checked 1 Oct 2026
theforeman.org· checked 1 Oct 2026
theforeman.org/security.html· checked 1 Oct 2026
theforeman.org/manuals/5.0/quickstart_guide.html· checked 1 Oct 2026
theforeman.org/support.html· checked 1 Oct 2026
theforeman.org/professional-services.html· checked 1 Oct 2026