Head to head
| Metric | Ansible | cloud-init | Packer | Nix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 71.3k | 3.8k | 15.8k | 18k |
| Weekly downloads | 2M | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Download growth | +11% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Popularity score | 82/100 | 65/100 | 77/100 | 78/100 |
| Forks | 24.4k | 1.2k | 3.4k | 2.1k |
| Open issues | 880 | 613 | 317 | 3k |
| Last commit | 1d ago | 2w ago | 3d ago | 6d ago |
| Latest version | 14.6.0Nov 4, 2026 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| License | GPL-3.0 | n/a | n/a | LGPL-2.1 |
| First released | 2012 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
| Signals | Popular | Popular | None | Rising |
| Listed in | DevOps & Cloud › Configuration management & provisioning | DevOps & Cloud › Configuration management & provisioning | DevOps & Cloud › Configuration management & provisioning | DevOps & Cloud › Configuration management & provisioningGit & Developer Tools › Dev Environments & Version Managers |
Weekly downloads over time
Hover for exact values; switch to log scale for tools of very different sizes. Not shown (no comparable download data): cloud-init, Packer, Nix.