Today marks a big milestone: Octofleet is now open source!

What started a few weeks ago as a simple Windows inventory agent has evolved into a full-featured endpoint management platform. And now it’s available for everyone.

Octofleet Logo

🐙 Why “Octofleet”?

An octopus has eight arms that can independently reach, grab, and control multiple things at once. That’s exactly what this platform does - it reaches out to all your endpoints across your fleet and gives you centralized control.

Plus, octopi are cool. 🐙

🎯 What is Octofleet?

Octofleet is a self-hosted endpoint management platform for Windows and Linux systems. Think of it as your own private fleet management system - no cloud subscriptions, no per-seat licensing, no vendor lock-in.

Core Features:

  • 📊 Hardware & Software Inventory - Know exactly what’s deployed
  • 🔍 Vulnerability Scanning - CVE tracking via NVD API
  • 🖥️ Remote Terminal - PowerShell/Bash in your browser
  • 📺 Screen Mirroring - View remote desktops in real-time
  • 📈 Performance Monitoring - CPU, RAM, Disk metrics over time
  • 🚀 Job System - Deploy commands across your fleet
  • 🔔 Discord Alerts - Get notified when things go wrong
  • 🛡️ Auto-Remediation - Automatically patch vulnerable software

🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐
│   Web Frontend  │────▶│  Backend API    │────▶│   PostgreSQL    │
│   (Next.js)     │     │  (FastAPI)      │     │  + TimescaleDB  │
└─────────────────┘     └─────────────────┘     └─────────────────┘
                               ▲
                               │
              ┌────────────────┼────────────────┐
              │                │                │
       ┌──────┴──────┐  ┌──────┴──────┐  ┌──────┴──────┐
       │  Windows    │  │  Windows    │  │   Linux     │
       │   Agent     │  │   Agent     │  │   Agent     │
       │  (.NET 8)   │  │  (.NET 8)   │  │   (Bash)    │
       └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘

100% self-hosted. No external dependencies. No phone-home. Your data stays yours.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Start the backend:

git clone https://github.com/BenediktSchackenberg/octofleet.git
cd octofleet/backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080

2. Start the frontend:

cd frontend
npm install && npm run dev

3. Install an agent (Windows):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BenediktSchackenberg/octofleet/main/scripts/Install-OpenClawAgent.ps1 | iex

4. Open http://localhost:3000 and watch your fleet appear! 🎉

📸 Screenshots

Dashboard Node Details

🆚 Why Not Just Use X?

Feature Octofleet PDQ SCCM Ansible
Free & Open Source ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅
Web UI ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Windows Agents ✅ ✅ ✅ 🔶
Linux Agents ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅
Remote Terminal ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌
Screen Mirroring ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
Vulnerability Scan ✅ ❌ 🔶 ❌
Self-Hosted ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

🗺️ Roadmap

The platform is already production-ready for my use case (~10 nodes), but there’s always more to build:

  • macOS Agent
  • Mobile App (Flutter?)
  • Terraform Provider
  • Prometheus Exporter
  • Multi-tenant Mode

🤝 Contributing

PRs welcome! Check out the Contributing Guide.

Links:

Building in public is fun. Let me know what you think!