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Chef

Chef Infra, a powerful automation platform that transforms infrastructure into code automating how infrastructure is configured, deployed and managed across any environment, at any scale
8,235 stars2,523 forksRubyUpdated 9/4/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Chef Infra lets you write infrastructure as Ruby code (cookbooks/recipes) and automatically configures servers to match that code.

When to use it
  • You need repeatable, version‑controlled configuration for dozens or hundreds of servers.
  • Your team already uses Ruby and wants a declarative DSL for provisioning and patching.
  • You must manage both cloud VMs and on‑prem hardware with a single automation tool.
Ready-to-paste prompt
chef exec knife node run_list add my-node 'recipe[my_app]' && chef-client -N my-node
Heads up: Chef Infra requires Ruby 2.7+ and the Chef Workstation package; trying to run `chef-client` without installing the Workstation gem first will fail.
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mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/chef && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/chef/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/chef/SKILL.md
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34
top-level files
16
folders
385.8M
source size
Apache-2.0
license
Key files
.editorconfig
README.md
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.buildkite/
.expeditor/
.github/
.vscode/
chef-bin/
chef-config/
chef-utils/
distro/
docs/
ext/
habitat/
kitchen-tests/
lib/
scripts/
spec/
tasks/
.bldr.toml
.buildkite-platform.json
.dockerignore
.editorconfig
.gitattributes
.gitignore
.linelint.yml
.mailmap
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Creator
chef
Language
Ruby
Category
devtools
Published
1/15/2009

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