Foreman
6.9#3 in bare metal provisioning softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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Tinkerbell
5.8#9 in bare metal as a service (bmaas) softwareAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Foreman | Tinkerbell |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Foreman is an open-source tool for managing servers through provisioning, configuration, orchestration, and monitoring. | Tinkerbell is a bare-metal provisioning engine maintained by the Tinkerbell Community. |
| Support | Community support is available through the Discourse support board and a public Matrix room; the project says its support room is not an official support channel. | The community page directs users to documentation, GitHub for bugs and feature ideas, and the CNCF Slack #tinkerbell channel for discussion. |
Foreman plans
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Tinkerbell plans
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Pick Foreman if…
Foreman is aimed at system administrators managing physical or virtual servers across on-premise and cloud environments. It is better suited to people with Linux system administration knowledge than to newcomers to server management.
Pick Tinkerbell if…
It suits infrastructure teams provisioning dedicated physical servers and creating Kubernetes clusters on bare metal. Users should be comfortable with Kubernetes, network booting, and the documented resource requirements.