salt ☆

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Description:
Automation and infrastructure management engine

Type: Cask | Latest Version: 3008.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 18, 2025

Links: Homepage | @SaltProjectIO | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Devops

Tags: automation infrastructure devops configuration-management remote-execution

Install: brew install --cask salt

About:
Salt is a powerful automation and infrastructure management engine that executes commands and configurations on remote systems. It uses a lightweight push/messaging system to manage servers, cloud instances, and network devices at scale. Its primary value is enabling consistent, repeatable infrastructure deployment across diverse environments.

Key Features:

Declarative state management for infrastructure
Remote execution at massive scale
Multi-platform support (Linux, Windows, macOS)
Extensible with custom modules and grains
Agentless or agent-based deployment options

Use Cases:

Automating server configuration and provisioning
Orchestrating multi-tier application deployments
Managing configuration drift across infrastructure
Automating operational tasks and remediation

Alternatives:

Ansible – Agentless and uses YAML; Salt uses ZeroMQ for faster communication
Puppet – Uses a client-server model with a declarative language; Salt focuses on speed and remote execution

Version History

Detected	Version	Change	Commit
Jul 1, 2026 10:52pm	3008.2	VERSION_BUMP	dfd5a550
Jun 16, 2026 2:35am	3008.1	VERSION_BUMP	d11ef0a3
Jun 8, 2026 11:00pm	3008.0	VERSION_BUMP	5eb6ca63
Apr 29, 2026 7:47pm	3007.14	VERSION_BUMP	f903ef0d
Feb 13, 2026 1:38am	3007.13	VERSION_BUMP	48731f00
Feb 6, 2026 1:30am	3007.12	VERSION_BUMP	b5f57837
Jan 10, 2026 1:40am	3007.11	VERSION_BUMP	d0b0c6fe
Dec 18, 2025 7:52pm	3007.9	VERSION_BUMP	e200b39b
Sep 18, 2025 10:30pm	3007.8	VERSION_BUMP	70171386
Aug 29, 2025 1:55am	3007.7	VERSION_BUMP	d8f9a19d
Dec 24, 2023 9:24am	3006.5	VERSION_BUMP	9c677338
Dec 19, 2023 8:41am	3006.5	NEW	9f030a2e