Repositories list

• bento

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  chef/bento’s past year of commit activity
  Packer templates for building minimal Vagrant baseboxes for multiple platforms

  windowsmacoslinux+ 15

  windowsmacoslinuxfreebsdvagrantpackerubuntuvirtualboxvmwareamazon+ 8

  HCL

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  Apache License 2.0

  •1.1k1.1k forks in chef/bento•4.5k4.5k stars in chef/bento•1919 issues in chef/bento•88 pull requests in chef/bento•Updated Nov 2, 2026Nov 2, 2026

• chef-powershell-shim

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  chef/chef-powershell-shim’s past year of commit activity
  .NET 4.0/COM wrapper around PowerShell host

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •44 forks in chef/chef-powershell-shim•44 stars in chef/chef-powershell-shim•00 issues in chef/chef-powershell-shim•00 pull requests in chef/chef-powershell-shim•Updated Nov 2, 2026Nov 2, 2026

• chef

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  chef/chef’s past year of commit activity
  Chef Infra, a powerful automation platform that transforms infrastructure into code automating how infrastructure is configured, deployed and managed across any…

  infrastructuredevopsautomation+ 4

  infrastructuredevopsautomationdeploymentchefcfgmgthacktoberfest

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2.5k2.5k forks in chef/chef•8.3k8.3k stars in chef/chef•322322 issues in chef/chef•102102 pull requests in chef/chef•Updated Nov 2, 2026Nov 2, 2026

• chef-web-docs

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  chef/chef-web-docs’s past year of commit activity
  All The Documentation

  markdowndocumentationhugo+ 5

  markdowndocumentationhugochefinspechabitathacktoberfestchef-workstation

  HTML

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  Other

  •440440 forks in chef/chef-web-docs•143143 stars in chef/chef-web-docs•127127 issues in chef/chef-web-docs•1818 pull requests in chef/chef-web-docs•Updated Oct 30, 2026Oct 30, 2026

• chef-server

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  chef/chef-server’s past year of commit activity
  Chef Infra Server is a hub for configuration data; storing cookbooks, node policies and metadata of managed nodes.

  erlangchef-serverchef-infra

  erlangchef-serverchef-infra

  Erlang

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  Apache License 2.0

  •212212 forks in chef/chef-server•302302 stars in chef/chef-server•180180 issues in chef/chef-server•145145 pull requests in chef/chef-server•Updated Oct 30, 2026Oct 30, 2026

• knife

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  chef/knife’s past year of commit activity
  Repository for the knife gem, formerly embedded in chef/chef in the knife/ subdirectory.

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •55 forks in chef/knife•11 star in chef/knife•00 issues in chef/knife•1313 pull requests in chef/knife•Updated Oct 29, 2026Oct 29, 2026

• win32-certstore

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  chef/win32-certstore’s past year of commit activity
  Ruby library for accessing the certificate store on Windows

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •44 forks in chef/win32-certstore•1111 stars in chef/win32-certstore•11 issue in chef/win32-certstore•33 pull requests in chef/win32-certstore•Updated Oct 29, 2026Oct 29, 2026

• knife-azure

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  chef/knife-azure’s past year of commit activity
  Chef knife plug-in for Microsoft Azure

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •8181 forks in chef/knife-azure•7272 stars in chef/knife-azure•33 issues in chef/knife-azure•33 pull requests in chef/knife-azure•Updated Oct 29, 2026Oct 29, 2026

• cookstyle

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  chef/cookstyle’s past year of commit activity
  A linting tool that helps you to write better Chef Infra cookbooks and InSpec profiles by detecting and automatically correcting style, syntax, and logic mistak…

  profilerecipesrubocop+ 8

  profilerecipesrubocoplintingchefcookbookcontrolsinspechacktoberfestpolicy-as-code+ 1

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •6969 forks in chef/cookstyle•113113 stars in chef/cookstyle•110110 issues in chef/cookstyle•33 pull requests in chef/cookstyle•Updated Oct 26, 2026Oct 26, 2026

• fauxhai

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  chef/fauxhai’s past year of commit activity
  Easily mock full ohai data

  Ruby

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  MIT License

  •105105 forks in chef/fauxhai•00 stars in chef/fauxhai•11 issue in chef/fauxhai•11 pull request in chef/fauxhai•Updated Oct 26, 2026Oct 26, 2026

• common-github-actions

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  chef/common-github-actions’s past year of commit activity
  A repo for common github actions for chef.

  Apache License 2.0

  •55 forks in chef/common-github-actions•22 stars in chef/common-github-actions•11 issue in chef/common-github-actions•1010 pull requests in chef/common-github-actions•Updated Oct 26, 2026Oct 26, 2026

• mixlib-archive

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  A very simple gem to create and extract archives.

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •1010 forks in chef/mixlib-archive•44 stars in chef/mixlib-archive•11 issue in chef/mixlib-archive•11 pull request in chef/mixlib-archive•Updated Oct 22, 2026Oct 22, 2026

• chef-test-kitchen-enterprise

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  chef/chef-test-kitchen-enterprise’s past year of commit activity
  Test Kitchen is an integration tool for developing and testing infrastructure code and software on isolated target platforms

  Ruby

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  Other

  •576576 forks in chef/chef-test-kitchen-enterprise•22 stars in chef/chef-test-kitchen-enterprise•00 issues in chef/chef-test-kitchen-enterprise•99 pull requests in chef/chef-test-kitchen-enterprise•Updated Oct 22, 2026Oct 22, 2026

• effortless

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  chef/effortless’s past year of commit activity
  Automated best practices for Chef Infra and Chef InSpec

  Shell

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  Other

  •3535 forks in chef/effortless•3535 stars in chef/effortless•2121 issues in chef/effortless•88 pull requests in chef/effortless•Updated Oct 19, 2026Oct 19, 2026

• knife-windows

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  chef/knife-windows’s past year of commit activity
  Plugin for Chef's knife tool for working with Windows nodes

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •106106 forks in chef/knife-windows•153153 stars in chef/knife-windows•88 issues in chef/knife-windows•55 pull requests in chef/knife-windows•Updated Oct 19, 2026Oct 19, 2026

• mixlib-config

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  chef/mixlib-config’s past year of commit activity
  A simple class based Config mechanism, similar to the one found in Chef

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3535 forks in chef/mixlib-config•5454 stars in chef/mixlib-config•88 issues in chef/mixlib-config•77 pull requests in chef/mixlib-config•Updated Oct 19, 2026Oct 19, 2026

• mixlib-log

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  A simple class based Log mechanism, similar to Merb and Chef, that you can mix in to your project.

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2727 forks in chef/mixlib-log•3636 stars in chef/mixlib-log•22 issues in chef/mixlib-log•44 pull requests in chef/mixlib-log•Updated Oct 19, 2026Oct 19, 2026

• chef_dictionary

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  chef/chef_dictionary’s past year of commit activity
  A dictionary file of words in the Chef ecosystem

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •44 forks in chef/chef_dictionary•22 stars in chef/chef_dictionary•00 issues in chef/chef_dictionary•11 pull request in chef/chef_dictionary•Updated Oct 15, 2026Oct 15, 2026

• mixlib-versioning

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  General purpose Ruby library that allows you to parse, compare, and manipulate version strings in multiple formats.

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •77 forks in chef/mixlib-versioning•1919 stars in chef/mixlib-versioning•11 issue in chef/mixlib-versioning•77 pull requests in chef/mixlib-versioning•Updated Oct 13, 2026Oct 13, 2026

• ohai

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  chef/ohai’s past year of commit activity
  Ohai profiles your system and emits JSON

  rubychefconfiguration+ 4

  rubychefconfigurationdiscoveryconfiguration-managementohaihacktoberfest

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •442442 forks in chef/ohai•691691 stars in chef/ohai•6666 issues in chef/ohai•11 pull request in chef/ohai•Updated Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026

• chefspec

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  Write RSpec examples and generate coverage reports for Chef recipes!

  Ruby

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  MIT License

  •331331 forks in chef/chefspec•00 stars in chef/chefspec•11 issue in chef/chefspec•00 pull requests in chef/chefspec•Updated Oct 12, 2026Oct 12, 2026

• chef-vault

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  Securely manage passwords, certs, and other secrets in Chef

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •153153 forks in chef/chef-vault•405405 stars in chef/chef-vault•1818 issues in chef/chef-vault•77 pull requests in chef/chef-vault•Updated Oct 11, 2026Oct 11, 2026

• knife-ec-backup

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  Backup and restore Chef Infra Server in a repository-compatible format

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •2828 forks in chef/knife-ec-backup•3232 stars in chef/knife-ec-backup•2424 issues in chef/knife-ec-backup•1010 pull requests in chef/knife-ec-backup•Updated Oct 9, 2026Oct 9, 2026

• chef-aix-resources

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  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •00 forks in chef/chef-aix-resources•11 star in chef/chef-aix-resources•00 issues in chef/chef-aix-resources•11 pull request in chef/chef-aix-resources•Updated Oct 6, 2026Oct 6, 2026

• chef-winrm-fs

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  WinRM File Manager

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •3030 forks in chef/chef-winrm-fs•00 stars in chef/chef-winrm-fs•00 issues in chef/chef-winrm-fs•22 pull requests in chef/chef-winrm-fs•Updated Oct 5, 2026Oct 5, 2026

• chef-load

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  chef/chef-load’s past year of commit activity
  chef-load - a tool for simulating load on a Chef Infra Server and/or a Chef Automate server

  chefload-testingperformance-testing+ 2

  chefload-testingperformance-testingchef-infra-serverchef-infra

  Roff

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  Apache License 2.0

  •1313 forks in chef/chef-load•3333 stars in chef/chef-load•33 issues in chef/chef-load•33 pull requests in chef/chef-load•Updated Oct 1, 2026Oct 1, 2026

• mixlib-install

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  chef/mixlib-install’s past year of commit activity
  A library for interacting with Chef Software Inc's software distribution systems.

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •5454 forks in chef/mixlib-install•1313 stars in chef/mixlib-install•2828 issues in chef/mixlib-install•77 pull requests in chef/mixlib-install•Updated Sep 30, 2026Sep 30, 2026

• vscode-chef

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  Chef Infra Extension for Visual Studio Code

  TypeScript

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  Apache License 2.0

  •1818 forks in chef/vscode-chef•4141 stars in chef/vscode-chef•1414 issues in chef/vscode-chef•55 pull requests in chef/vscode-chef•Updated Sep 30, 2026Sep 30, 2026

• chef-zero

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  Simple, easy-run, fast-start in-memory Chef server for testing and solo purposes

  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •9494 forks in chef/chef-zero•530530 stars in chef/chef-zero•1010 issues in chef/chef-zero•11 pull request in chef/chef-zero•Updated Sep 29, 2026Sep 29, 2026

• inspec-extra-resources

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  Ruby

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  Apache License 2.0

  •22 forks in chef/inspec-extra-resources•44 stars in chef/inspec-extra-resources•22 issues in chef/inspec-extra-resources•33 pull requests in chef/inspec-extra-resources•Updated Sep 25, 2026Sep 25, 2026