In simple English
This tool puts a simple web page on top of your server cluster. You can click buttons to launch websites, databases and background tasks. It hides all the complex code normally needed to run things on a server. You keep full control of your data because it runs on hardware you own. It costs you time to set up and maintain the underlying server infrastructure.
What it is
Kubero (pronounced Kube Hero) is an open-source platform-as-a-service that runs on top of Kubernetes (a system for running computer programs across multiple servers). It gives you a web interface and command-line tools to manage deployments, databases and logs.
What it is good for
Solo builders who want the easy deployment experience of modern cloud hosts, but prefer to run everything on their own cheap virtual private servers.
- Provides a friendly web interface for managing server apps.
- Supports automatic deployments when you push code to GitHub or GitLab.
- Includes templates for popular software like WordPress and PostgreSQL.
- Requires an existing Kubernetes cluster, which is difficult for beginners to set up.
- Consumes server memory to run its own management containers.
- Licenced under GPL-3.0, which has strict rules if you modify and redistribute the code.
Heroku, Vercel, or manual server configuration
Kubernetes or Docker
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curl -fsSL get.kubero.dev | bash kubero install