# [saltstack/salt](https://github.com/saltstack/salt) Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale. 15.8k stars · 5.6k forks · Python Quick update: star history is from the full report of Nov 1, 2026. Healthy Actively maintained by 44 people, no known risks. ## Why No warning signs: none of the [verdict rules](https://reporadar.ai/methodology) applied to this repo. ### What would change this - Partly checked: maintenance (Commit counts are estimated: the commit sample stops before the window start, so GitHub's totals were scaled by the sampled bot share.; Authors in the last 90 days are counted from the sampled commits only.) - A dormant maintenance status, a deprecated or archived package, a successor link, or a critical advisory would change this. ## Maintenance Partial Active **Human commits, 30 days** 258 **Human commits, 90 days** 693 **Human commits, 365 days** 3.1k **Bot share of commits, 365 days** 0% **Last commit** Nov 11, 2026 (16 hours ago) **Last human commit** Nov 11, 2026 (16 hours ago) **Authors, 90 days** 44 **Last release** Oct 27, 2026 (16 days ago) **Median PR merge time** 46 hours Responsiveness: of 26 recent issues, 88% got a maintainer reply. Median first response: 10 days. - Commit counts are estimated: the commit sample stops before the window start, so GitHub's totals were scaled by the sampled bot share. - Authors in the last 90 days are counted from the sampled commits only. Sources: [Commits](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits), [Releases](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases), [Merged pull requests](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged), [Issues](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues?q=is%3Aissue) ## People Complete **Owner** Organization **Commits sampled** 100 since Nov 12, 2025 **Authors for half of commits** 4 **Authors for 80% of commits** 24 **Contributors** 283 ### Top committers - dwoz: 32% of commits - charzl: 8% of commits - ggiesen: 5% of commits - jleroy: 5% of commits - nsychev: 4% of commits - Shares come from the newest sampled commits, since the commit sample is capped. Sources: [Commits](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits), [Contributors](https://github.com/saltstack/salt/graphs/contributors) ## Stars Complete Mostly organic, confidence medium Bars show stars gained each week. Red bars overlap a burst. ### Bursts - **Jun 24, 2013 to Jun 25, 2013**: about 62 more stars than usual, peak 54 in one day, a spike that tapers off. No outside explanation found, so this burst is unexplained. - **Feb 6, 2014 to Feb 7, 2014**: about 51 more stars than usual, peak 44 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks, a jump in issues and pull requests. - **May 5, 2020 to May 7, 2020**: about 125 more stars than usual, peak 75 in one day, a spike that tapers off. Outside explanation: a jump in forks. - **May 12, 2022 to May 15, 2022**: about 157 more stars than usual, peak 61 in one day, a spike that tapers off. No outside explanation found, so this burst is unexplained. - **Feb 5, 2026 to Feb 6, 2026**: about 108 more stars than usual, peak 96 in one day, a spike that tapers off. No outside explanation found, so this burst is unexplained. Anyone can buy stars for any repo; bursts alone don't prove the owner did. - Some star bursts have no matching forks, issues, releases, or launch coverage. - Anyone can buy stars for any repo, so this describes the star history only. - 617 stars on the creation day are undated (before 2013-02-10) and are not counted. - Star history from the full report of Nov 1, 2026; this update did not re-read it. Sources: [How star history is analyzed](https://reporadar.ai/methodology#stars) ## Risk Complete ### Flags No risk flags. ### License **Now** Apache-2.0 (OSI-approved) **A year ago** Apache-2.0 (OSI-approved) ### Packages No published packages found. OpenSSF Scorecard: 4.3 out of 10 (via deps.dev). Sources: [GitHub: saltstack/salt](https://github.com/saltstack/salt) ## Compare Weighing saltstack/salt against an alternative? 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