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fleet

A device-management platform for IT and security teams covering MDM, software deployment, patching, inventory queries, and compliance across desktop and mobile operating systems.

  • Security
  • Operations
  • Monitoring / Observability
  • Automation
  • Web
  • CLI
  • API/SDK
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • iOS
  • Android
  • Browser
  • Runs locally
  • Docker supported
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Popularity
6.9k Stars
GitHub stars
Recent activity
10/2/2026
Updated in the last 30 days
License
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Why it matters

We look beyond stars: what problem it solves, whether it creates real utility, and what makes its approach worth noticing.

Last 90 days

Problem

Addresses the challenge of cross-platform device management and compliance for IT and security teams handling heterogeneous endpoints.

Practical value

Supports diverse endpoints including desktops, mobile devices, cloud hosts, and containers, providing MDM, software deployment, and low-level OS data querying.

Innovation / differentiation

Built on components like osquery, adopting an API-first and GitOps configuration approach to enhance transparency in device management.

Leverage potential

Provides REST API, webhooks, CLI, and enterprise integrations to facilitate automated operations and auditing workflows.

Why now

Growing demand for open and transparent endpoint security management amid widespread remote work and multi-cloud architectures.

Community activity

In the last 90 days there were 1963 new issues and 3912 pull requests; the bounded issue/PR samples include 28 issue authors and 27 PR contributors, with at least 12 releases.

Maintainer responsiveness

The 98-issue window sample had a 65% close rate, and the 96-pull-request sample had a 81% merge rate. Maintainer-comment observations covered only 23% of that issue sample, so response rate and first-response speed are not reported.

27 contributors in PR sampleAt least 12 releasesPR merge rate 81% · 96 sampled in window

Key highlights

  • Manage devices across Linux, macOS, Windows, ChromeOS, iOS, and Android
  • Handle MDM, software deployment, patching, and device inventory
  • Collect compliance benchmarks, hardware/software data, and audit evidence

Quick start

How it is installed, how hard it is, and where to start.

Where it runs

Cloud / hosted

Difficulty

Medium — some setup needed

Docker supportedRuns locally
  1. 01Start with a Fleet trial environment or prepare your own Fleet deployment using the documentation.
  2. 02Enroll the Linux, macOS, Windows, or mobile devices that should be managed.
  3. 03Use the web interface to inspect inventory, MDM, patching, and compliance status.
  4. 04Use YAML/GitOps, REST APIs, webhooks, or fleetctl when integrating Fleet into automation workflows.

Best for

  • Developers who want to try it on their machine
  • People who prefer Docker deploys

More about it

Fleet is a device-management platform for IT and security teams that centralizes computers, mobile devices, and selected cloud or container assets. Its core workflows include MDM, software deployment, patch management, device inventory, and compliance or audit data collection.

Fleet exposes a web interface, REST API, webhooks, YAML and GitOps configuration, and the fleetctl command-line tool. The README lists Linux, macOS, Windows, Chromebooks, iOS, Android, AWS, GCP, Azure, data centers, containers, and Linux-based IoT devices among its supported environments.

The repository also makes an important licensing distinction: the free version is available under the MIT license, while commercial licensing and paid capabilities also exist. This entry describes the public free/open-source product surface rather than assuming commercial features are included.

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  • capability tags

    Verified

    security, monitoring, automation

    Source: manual_curated · Manually curated from the verified project README; no AI draft. · 8/17/2026

  • editor note

    Verified

    {"en":"Fleet combines device inventory, MDM, patching, and security compliance while keeping API, webhook, and GitOps interfaces available. It is aimed at IT and security teams managing fleets of endpoints rather than individuals administering one or two machines.","zh":"Fleet 的特点是把设备资产查询、MDM、补丁和安全合规放在同一个管理面里，并且保留 API、Webhook 和 GitOps 入口。它更适合希望用工程化方式管理大量终端的 IT/安全团队，而不是单台电脑的个人管理工具。"}

    Source: manual_curated · Manually curated from the verified project README; no AI draft. · 8/17/2026

  • how to use

    Verified

    {"steps":[{"en":"Start with a Fleet trial environment or prepare your own Fleet deployment using the documentation.","zh":"先通过 Fleet 官方入口创建试用环境，或按文档准备自己的 Fleet 部署。"},{"en":"Enroll the Linux, macOS, Windows, or mobile devices that should be managed.","zh":"把需要管理的 Linux、macOS、Windows 或移动设备加入 Fleet。"},{"en":"Use the web interface to inspect inventory, MDM, patching, and compliance status.","zh":"在 Web 界面中查看资产、MDM、补丁和合规状态。"},{"en":"Use YAML/GitOps, REST APIs, webhooks, or fleetctl when integrating Fleet into automation workflows.","zh":"需要自动化时使用 YAML/GitOps、REST API、Webhook 或 fleetctl 接入现有流程。"}],"installAt":"cloud","difficulty":"medium"}

    Source: manual_curated · Manually curated from the verified project README; no AI draft. · 8/17/2026

  • intro

    Verified

    {"en":"Fleet is a device-management platform for IT and security teams that centralizes computers, mobile devices, and selected cloud or container assets. Its core workflows include MDM, software deployment, patch management, device inventory, and compliance or audit data collection.\n\nFleet exposes a web interface, REST API, webhooks, YAML and GitOps configuration, and the `fleetctl` command-line tool. The README lists Linux, macOS, Windows, Chromebooks, iOS, Android, AWS, GCP, Azure, data centers, containers, and Linux-based IoT devices among its supported environments.\n\nThe repository also makes an important licensing distinction: the free version is available under the MIT license, while commercial licensing and paid capabilities also exist. This entry describes the public free/open-source product surface rather than assuming commercial features are included.","zh":"Fleet 是面向 IT 与安全团队的设备管理平台，用一个系统管理组织内的电脑、移动设备和部分云端或容器资产。核心能力包括 MDM、软件部署、补丁管理、设备信息查询以及合规和审计数据收集。\n\nFleet 同时提供 Web 界面、REST API、Webhook、YAML/GitOps 配置和 `fleetctl` 命令行工具。官方列出的覆盖平台包括 Linux、macOS、Windows、Chromebook、iOS、Android，以及 AWS、GCP、Azure、数据中心和 Linux IoT 设备等环境。\n\n需要区分的是，仓库 README 明确说明 Fleet 免费版本使用 MIT 许可证，同时项目还存在商业许可和付费功能。因此这里描述的是仓库公开的免费/开源能力，不把商业版本能力默认算进免费版。"}

    Source: manual_curated · Manually curated from the verified project README; no AI draft. · 8/17/2026

  • Latest release

    Verified

    fleet-v4.92.2

    Source: GitHub API · latest_release=fleet-v4.92.2 · 10/2/2026

  • License

    Verified

    NOASSERTION

    Source: GitHub API · license.spdx_id=NOASSERTION · 10/2/2026

  • One-liner

    Verified

    {"en":"A device-management platform for IT and security teams covering MDM, software deployment, patching, inventory queries, and compliance across desktop and mobile operating systems.","zh":"面向 IT 与安全团队的设备管理平台，可跨桌面和移动系统执行 MDM、软件部署、补丁、资产查询与合规检查。"}

    Source: manual_curated · Manually curated from the verified project README; no AI draft. · 8/17/2026

  • Platforms

    Verified

    windows, macos, linux, ios, android, browser

    Source: manual_curated · Manually curated from the verified project README; no AI draft. · 8/17/2026

  • Category hint

    Inferred from materials

    ai-apps

    Source: Project README · hint=ai-apps · 8/15/2026

  • product forms

    Verified

    web, cli, api_sdk

    Source: manual_curated · Manually curated from the verified project README; no AI draft. · 8/17/2026

  • role tags

    Verified

    security, operations

    Source: manual_curated · Manually curated from the verified project README; no AI draft. · 8/17/2026

  • supports docker

    Verified

    Yes

    Source: Repository file · dockerfile=true; compose=true · 10/2/2026

  • supports local

    Verified

    Yes

    Source: manual_curated · Manually curated from the verified project README; no AI draft. · 8/17/2026

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