18.1
Canonical MAAS is an open source platform for managing physical servers as cloud resources.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinux
Best Bare Metal as a Service (BMaaS) Software in 2026
26.9
Foreman is a free, open-source lifecycle management tool for physical and virtual servers.
Free planWebAPILinux
36.3
openQRM Enterprise is a data centre management and cloud computing platform for managing IT infrastructure across bare-metal servers and virtual machines.
Free planWebAPILinux
- 4
Cobbler
Cobbler is free, self-hosted Linux server software for automating network installations and provisioning.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 5
xCAT
xCAT is an open-source toolkit for deploying, scaling, and managing bare metal servers and virtual machines.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 6
OpenNebula
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted6.0 - 7
MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator
MetalSoft Bare Metal Orchestrator provisions, re-provisions, and manages general-purpose and specialized servers across hardware generations and vendors.
WebAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.9 - 8
OpenStack Ironic
OpenStack Ironic provisions bare-metal machines and can operate on its own or as part of an OpenStack cloud.
Free planAPILinuxSelf-hosted5.8Free plan - 9
Tinkerbell
Tinkerbell is a free, open-source engine for provisioning and managing bare metal infrastructure.
APILinuxSelf-hosted5.8 - 10
Metal³
Metal³ is an open-source project for managing bare-metal infrastructure with Kubernetes.
APILinuxSelf-hosted5.7 - 11
NVIDIA Infra Controller
NVIDIA Infra Controller (NICo) is an open-source suite of microservices for site-local, zero-trust lifecycle management of bare-metal infrastructure.
APISelf-hosted5.6 - 12
Provisioner
Web4.7