rundeckAutomation & workflows
Rundeck
A self-hosted runbook automation service with web, CLI, and API interfaces for turning operational procedures into repeatable jobs.
- DevOps
- Operations
- Team management
- Automation
- Collaboration
- Monitoring / Observability
- Web
- CLI
- Browser
- Linux
- Self-hostable
- Runs locally
- Docker supported
- Popularity
- 6.3k Stars
- GitHub stars
- Recent activity
- 8/17/2026
- Updated in the last 30 days
- License
- APACHE-2.0
- Permissive
Key highlights
- Web console, CLI, and Web API for creating and running runbook jobs
- Orchestrates existing scripts and automation into parameterized multi-step workflows
- Repeats operational tasks across sets of nodes with a consistent procedure
Quick start
How it is installed, how hard it is, and where to start.
Where it runs
Self-hosted (your own server)
Difficulty
Medium — some setup needed
- 01Choose Deb, RPM, WAR, or container installation from the official docs and start in a non-production environment.
- 02Create a project with a few test nodes and wrap one existing manual script as a parameterized job.
- 03Validate permissions, credentials, failure handling, and execution logs before migrating production runbooks by risk level.
Best for
- Teams that want data on their own servers
- Developers who want to try it on their machine
- People who prefer Docker deploys
More about it
Rundeck is an open-source runbook automation service focused on operational procedures. Rather than replacing existing scripts or configuration-management systems, it organizes those actions into jobs with defined inputs, access controls, and a repeatable execution path. Teams can run workflows through a web console, command-line tools, or a Web API and apply the same automation across sets of nodes, reducing dependence on operators remembering manual sequences. It fits recurring activities such as restarts, releases, batch work, checks, and incident procedures, and can act as an orchestration layer around existing scripts or automation systems. Official installation paths include Deb, RPM, and WAR packages, while the repository also maintains Docker build support; the core repository is Apache-2.0 licensed.
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capability tags
Verifiedautomation, collaboration, monitoring
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
Latest release
Verifiedv6.1.0
Source: GitHub API · latest_release=v6.1.0 · 8/17/2026
License
VerifiedApache-2.0
Source: GitHub API · license.spdx_id=Apache-2.0 · 8/17/2026
needs api key
VerifiedNo
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
One-liner
Verified{"en":"A self-hosted runbook automation service with web, CLI, and API interfaces for turning operational procedures into repeatable jobs.","zh":"自托管 Runbook 自动化平台，用 Web 控制台、CLI 和 API 把人工运维步骤编排成可重复、可授权的作业。"}
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
Platforms
Verifiedbrowser, linux
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
Category hint
Inferred from materialsautomation
Source: Project README · hint=automation · 8/17/2026
product forms
Verifiedweb, cli
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
role tags
Verifieddevops, operations, management
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
supports docker
VerifiedYes
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
supports local
VerifiedYes
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
supports self host
VerifiedYes
Source: admin_cms · cms editor · 8/17/2026
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