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/ About /

CINC (CINC is not Chef) is a free, open-source distribution of Chef Software's infrastructure automation tools. It provides equivalents to Chef Infra, Chef Workstation, Chef InSpec, and Chef Infra Server under a freedom-respecting license. The project is community-driven and aims to make Chef's tooling freely available without proprietary restrictions.

/ How it works /

CINC builds and distributes open-source versions of Chef's tools (Infra, Workstation, InSpec, Infra Server) under free software principles, maintaining feature parity with the upstream projects.

/ Who it's for /

DevOps engineers and system administrators who want a free, open-source alternative to Chef Software's commercial tools

/ More info /

Background.

Status
launched
Business model
free
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