[[!meta title="cdist - usable configuration management"]]

![cdist-logo](cdist-logo.png "cdist logo")

the KISS principle and is being used in small up to enterprise grade
environments.
cdist is an alternative to other configuration management systems like
[cfengine](http://www.cfengine.org/),
[bcfg2](http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2),
[chef](http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/)
and [puppet](http://www.puppetlabs.com/).

 * Browse the **documentation** for the [latest version](man/latest) or [all versions (>= 2.0.4)](man)
 * Read how to [[install or update cdist|install-update]]
 * [[Support|support]]

### OS support

cdist was tested or is know to run on at least

 * [Archlinux](http://www.archlinux.org/)
 * [Debian](http://www.debian.org/)
 * [CentOS](http://www.centos.org/)
 * [Fedora](http://fedoraproject.org/)
 * [FreeBSD](http://www.freebsd.org)
 * [Gentoo](http://www.gentoo.org/)
 * [Mac OS X](http://www.apple.com/macosx/)
 * [OpenBSD](http://www.openbsd.org)
 * [Redhat](http://www.redhat.com/)
 * [Ubuntu](http://www.ubuntu.com/)
 * [XenServer](http://www.citrix.com/xenserver/)

[[!tag cdist unix]]