Chef Software, Inc.

Chef Software, Inc. supplies a tightly integrated suite of infrastructure-automation tools that turn server fleets, cloud instances, containers, and even desktop endpoints into reproducible, policy-driven code. Chef Infra Client acts as the runtime engine, converging each node toward the desired state described in cookbooks; Chef Infra Server orchestrates those definitions across thousands of machines, enforcing configuration drift correction at any scale. Chef Workstation bundles the knife CLI, testing harnesses, and linting utilities into a single cross-platform package, giving administrators a unified authoring environment whether they target Windows, macOS, or Linux. The legacy ChefDK—now superseded by Workstation—still surfaces in pipelines that rely on its embedded Ruby toolchain and community generators for quick cookbook scaffolding. Complementing these configuration engines, InSpec supplies a human-readable compliance language that turns security benchmarks, regulatory standards, and custom hardening guides into executable tests, producing auditable evidence for SOC, PCI, or HIPAA reviews. Together the portfolio covers the full DevOps lifecycle: codifying infrastructure, validating each change, continuously enforcing policy, and reporting remediation in real time. All four Chef applications are available free of charge on get.nero.com, delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always installing the newest upstream release and supporting unattended batch installation of multiple titles.