DevOps in 2025: the future is automated, git-ified, and kinda scary but fun.

1. Pulumi

   1 203 23,316 9.9 Go

   Pulumi - Infrastructure as Code in any programming language 🚀

   

   Pulumi infra-as-code but with real programming languages

2. InfluxDB

   www.influxdata.com featured

   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. OPA (Open Policy Agent)

   2 105 10,362 9.8 Go

   Open Policy Agent (OPA) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine.

   

   Policy-as-code with tools like OPA

4. Jenkins

   3 193 24,083 9.9 Java

   Jenkins automation server

   

   Example: Jenkins now plays nice with GitHub Copilot and OpenAI plugins. Combine that with a vector store of your infra docs, and you’ve got a genius DevOps assistant that knows your stack better than your tech lead.

5. dd-trace-cpp

   4 37 15 8.4 C++

   Datadog APM client for C++

   

   Datadog

6. AlphaCodium

   5 15 3,847 6.9 Python

   Official implementation for the paper: "Code Generation with AlphaCodium: From Prompt Engineering to Flow Engineering""

   

   Test generation: LLMs auto-create unit tests for PRs using tools like CodiumAI

7. checkov

   6 63 7,641 9.9 Python

   Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.

   

   Checkov infrastructure-as-code misconfig detection

8. tilt

   7 62 8,696 8.7 Go

   Define your dev environment as code. For microservice apps on Kubernetes.

   

   Garden or Tilt for dev environments

9. SaaSHub

   www.saashub.com featured

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10. pipeline

    8 53 8,681 9.7 Go

    A cloud-native Pipeline resource.

    

    Pipelines-as-code with Tekton, GitHub Actions, or even Dagger

11. cli

    9 85 5,157 9.8 TypeScript

    Snyk CLI scans and monitors your projects for security vulnerabilities. (by snyk)

    

    Snyk open-source and dependency scanning

12. prometheus

    10 477 59,045 10.0 Go

    The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.

    

    Prometheus + Grafana for monitoring

13. porter-archive

    11 3 4,216 9.9 TypeScript

    Kubernetes powered PaaS that runs in your own cloud.

    

    Porter for PaaS-style workflows on top of K8s

14. medusa

    12 5 8 4.6 TypeScript

    A Platform.sh template for Medusa (by platformista)

    

    Platform.sh for unified environments

15. opentofu

    13 90 25,729 9.8 Go

    OpenTofu lets you declaratively manage your cloud infrastructure.

    

    OpenTofu Terraform-compatible open source alternative post-Hashi licensing drama

16. opentelemetry-collector

    14 53 5,321 9.9 Go

    OpenTelemetry Collector

    

    Unified telemetry with OpenTelemetry

17. k3s

    15 318 30,003 9.7 Go

    Lightweight Kubernetes

    

    k3s or kind for local Kubernetes

18. starter-workflows

    16 305 10,319 8.0 TypeScript

    Accelerating new GitHub Actions workflows

    

    GitHub Actions for CI/CD pipelines

19. garden

    17 41 3,508 9.8 TypeScript

    Automation for Kubernetes development and testing. Spin up production-like environments for development, testing, and CI on demand. Use the same configuration and workflows at every step of the process. Speed up your builds and test runs via shared result caching

    

    Garden or Tilt for dev environments

20. flux2

    18 109 7,172 9.1 Go

    Open and extensible continuous delivery solution for Kubernetes. Powered by GitOps Toolkit.

    

    FluxCD GitOps toolkit with strong ecosystem support

21. falco

    19 47 8,013 9.5 C++

    Cloud Native Runtime Security

    

    Falco real-time security for containers using eBPF

22. terraform

    20 563 45,423 9.9 Go

    Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.

    

    Terraform or OpenTofu for infra as code

23. dagger

    21 116 13,971 9.9 Go

    An open-source runtime for composable workflows. Great for AI agents and CI/CD. (by dagger)

    

    Pipelines-as-code with Tekton, GitHub Actions, or even Dagger

24. tag-observability

    22 3 698 6.7 HTML

    Technical Advisory Group for Observability 🔭⚙️

    

    https://cncf.io/projects CNCF landscape, from GitOps to WASM

25. backstage

    23 143 30,582 10.0 TypeScript

    Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals

    

    Tools like Backstage, Port, and Humanitec are leading this charge. And it’s not just big tech even startups are adopting platform thinking to reduce dev friction and cognitive load.

26. argo-cd

    24 93 19,863 9.9 Go

    Declarative Continuous Deployment for Kubernetes

    

    Projects like ArgoCD, Flux, Earthly, Dagger

27. tfsec

    25 38 6,836 5.6 Go

    Tfsec is now part of Trivy

    

    Trivy for scanning

28. SaaSHub

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