Salt (software)

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Original author(s)	Thomas S Hatch
Developer(s)	Broadcom
Initial release	19 March 2011; 13 years ago (2011-03-19)
Stable release	3006.6 / 31 January 2024; 8 months ago (2024-01-31)[1]
Repository	github.com/saltstack/salt
Written in	Python
Operating system	Unix-like, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Type	Configuration management and Infrastructure as Code
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	saltproject.io

Salt (sometimes referred to as SaltStack) is a Python-based, open-source software for event-driven IT automation, remote task execution, and configuration management. Supporting the "infrastructure as code" approach to data center system and network deployment and management, configuration automation, SecOps orchestration, vulnerability remediation, and hybrid cloud control.