Decentralized. There is no server. Just your laptop and your army of nodes.
Quick and easy to get started. You don't even need to know Python.
Lightweight. Even managing just a single machine won't feel like overkill.
Push configuration directly using SSH. No agent required.
Free as in bird.
100% Free Software.
No Enterprise Edition.
Pythonic and hackable.
Write hooks, custom items or use it as a library.