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Kubernetes

Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Kubernetes

Kubernetes
Rancher Docker Helm.sh Docker Compose Portainer Apache Mesos Terraform Ansible Jenkins Amazon ECS

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Kubernetes are Rancher, Docker, and Helm.sh. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Open Source Platform for Running a Private Container Service
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 24 social mentions

  2. 2
    Docker is an open platform that enables developers and system administrators to create distributed applications.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Containers As A Service #Container Tools 63 social mentions

  3. The Kubernetes Package Manager
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #DevOps Tools #Cloud Hosting 135 social mentions

  4. Define and run multi-container applications with Docker
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #DevOps Tools #Cloud Computing 12 social mentions

  5. Simple management UI for Docker
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Containers And Microservices #Kubernetes 34 social mentions

  6. Apache Mesos abstracts resources away from machines, enabling fault-tolerant and elastic distributed systems to easily be built and run effectively.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Containers As A Service #DevOps Tools 7 social mentions

  7. Tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Developer Tools #Continuous Integration And Delivery 31 social mentions

  8. Radically simple configuration-management, application deployment, task-execution, and multi-node orchestration engine
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #IT Automation #Build And Deployment Automation 9 social mentions

  9. Jenkins is an open-source continuous integration server with 300+ plugins to support all kinds of software development
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Continuous Integration #Continuous Deployment 6 social mentions

  10. Amazon EC2 Container Service is a highly scalable, high-performance​ container management service that supports Docker containers.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Containers As A Service #Cloud Computing 46 social mentions

  11. Docker Hub is a cloud-based registry service
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Code Collaboration #Git 309 social mentions

  12. Accelerating Software Development & Deployment
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial

    #Developer Tools #DevOps Tools #DevOps Automation 2 social mentions

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    Paycor
    · 5 months ago
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    Great product