alexellis/awesome-baremetal resource
Bare-metal is awesome. Let's share our favourite tools. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
29/100
- Activity 13
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2331
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 527
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1916 stars · 118 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A curated awesome-list of tools for bare-metal server management and provisioning, maintained by Alex Ellis. It catalogs self-hosted projects like Cobbler, Foreman, Ironic, and MAAS for BMC management, PXE booting, and metal-as-a-service provisioning.
Use cases
- find tools for bare-metal server provisioning
- discover self-hosted alternatives to cloud metal services
- compare PXE boot and BMC management tools
- learn how to run Kubernetes on bare metal
- find open source metal-as-a-service platforms
When to choose
- you want a curated, actively maintained directory of bare-metal tooling
- you are evaluating provisioning or BMC management options
- you need a starting point for bare-metal Kubernetes research
When to avoid
- you need a tool rather than a list of links
- you want commercial vendor comparisons or benchmarks
- you need tutorials rather than project references
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
developer-tools infrastructure-as-code deployment infrastructure-as-code self-hosted hardware self-hosted cli awesome-list bare-metal provisioning curated-list pxe devops linux
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/alexellis/awesome-baremetal · fetched 2026-08-28 · 25b214d9df1e
- homepage: https://thenewstack.io/bare-metal-in-a-cloud-native-world/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 337700dec96d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| alexellis/awesome-baremetal | main | 29 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="alexellis/awesome-baremetal")
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