ansible-cmdb ☆

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Description:
Generates static HTML overview page from Ansible facts

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.31@1 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: ansible inventory reporting devops html sysadmin

Install: brew install ansible-cmdb

About:
Ansible-cmdb takes the raw JSON output generated by Ansible's fact-gathering and transforms it into a static HTML overview page. It provides a clean, searchable, and sortable interface for viewing host inventory data, facts, and variables. This tool is ideal for system administrators who need a quick, offline reference for their infrastructure's configuration and state.

Key Features:

Parses Ansible fact JSON output into a readable format
Generates a single, self-contained static HTML file
Provides interactive sorting and filtering of host data
Supports multiple output formats including HTML, JSON, and CSV

Use Cases:

Creating a shareable, offline documentation snapshot of your server fleet
Quickly auditing hardware specifications, OS versions, and network configurations across all hosts
Troubleshooting by providing a browsable view of Ansible facts without running ad-hoc commands

Alternatives:

Ansible Tower / AWX – AWX provides a full-featured web UI and API for Ansible, but is a much heavier, server-based solution compared to the simple static file generation of ansible-cmdb.
Rundeck – Rundeck is a general-purpose automation platform with job scheduling and workflow features, whereas ansible-cmdb is focused solely on reporting and visualization of inventory data.

License: GPL-3.0-or-later

Dependencies: libyaml, python@3.14

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 12, 2025 9:04am		1	VERSION_BUMP	b381be9b
Sep 13, 2025 8:27am		1	VERSION_BUMP	a78587bd