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[Salt](https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/)
([source code](https://github.com/saltstack/salt)) is a
[configuration management tool](/configuration-management.html) used for 
[application deployment](/deployment.html) and 
[setting up development environments](/development-environments.html).

<a href="https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/"><img src="/img/logos/salt.png" width="100%" alt="Official Salt logo. Copyright SaltStack." class="shot"></a>


### Salt resources
* [What's new in Salt 3000 Neon](https://salt.tips/whats-new-in-salt-neon/)
  covers the latest release and the significant number of new features
  and fixes contained within it.

* [Introduction to Salt](https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/)
  gives a 30 second summary of what the tool can do for you then provides
  a collection of links to other resources that plug you into the Salt
  community, such as the 
  [salt-users mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/salt-users)
  and the [Salt Stack company blog](http://www.saltstack.com/blog/).

* [Linode](/linode.html) has two great beginner guides to Salt, the first
  one on 
  [Getting Started with Salt - Basic Installation and Setup](https://www.linode.com/docs/applications/configuration-management/getting-started-with-salt-basic-installation-and-setup/)
  and the other titled
  [A Beginner's Guide to Salt](https://www.linode.com/docs/applications/configuration-management/beginners-guide-to-salt/).
