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Added start of comparison table so it's easy to explain at a glance what this project is.

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Comparisons
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Confused about how Ansible fits in? Here's a comparison with some common tools.
Accuracy is important, so corrections are VERY welcome if we've got something wrong.
For space reasons, we can't list everybody's favorite management tool.
<table>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><font color="green">Ansible</font></td>
<td>Puppet</td>
<td>Chef</td>
<td>Func</td>
<td>Capistrano</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Purpose</td>
<td>Config, Deployment, Ad-Hoc</td>
<td>Config, Deployment</td>
<td>Config, Deployment</td>
<td>Ad-Hoc</td>
<td>Deployment</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Config Language</td>
<td>YAML format</td>
<td>Custom DSL</td>
<td>Ruby code</td>
<td>None</td>
<td>None</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Config Language Style</td>
<td>Very simple, not expressive</td>
<td>Very rich & expressive</td>
<td>Very rich & expressive</td>
<td>None</td>
<td>None</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Communication</td>
<td>SSH push</td>
<td>SSL pull or push trigger</td>
<td>SSL pull or push trigger(?)</td>
<td>SSL push</td>
<td>SSH</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Daemons Required?</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Database Required</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Inventory Features</td>
<td>planned</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes?</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Message Bus Required</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td>no</td>
<td>no</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Implemented In</td>
<td>Python</td>
<td>Ruby</td>
<td>Ruby, Erlang</td>
<td>Python</td>
<td>Ruby</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Extensible In</td>
<td>Anything!</td>
<td>Ruby</td>
<td>Ruby</td>
<td>Python</td>
<td>Ruby</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Codebase Size</td>
<td>Small</td>
<td>Large</td>
<td>Large</td>
<td>Medium</td>
<td>Medium</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Module Support</td>
<td>Emerging</td>
<td>Wide/Established</td>
<td>Wide/Established</td>
<td>Medium/Established</td>
<td>Poor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Users Targeted</td>
<td>Sysadmins, developers, web admins</td>
<td>Sysadmins</td>
<td>Sysadmins, web admins</td>
<td>Sysadmins, developers</td>
<td>Web admins</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>Can Easily Build Applications On It</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Delegated Hierachies</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>No</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
</td>
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