Alternatives to Kubernetes

Ordered by how much they overlap with Kubernetes, then by score.

Alternatives, ranked

  1. Podman

    Daemonless tool for managing OCI containers and pods, including rootless operation.

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 50 days ago
    31 91.7 = Compare
  2. Helm

    Package manager for Kubernetes that installs and upgrades applications from versioned charts.

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 56 days ago
    41 90.9 = Compare
  3. Moby

    Open framework and container engine that forms the upstream of Docker Engine.

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 51 days ago
    58 87.0 = Compare
  4. containerd

    Container runtime that manages image transfer, storage and container execution on a host.

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 50 days ago
    70 84.9 = Compare
  5. Stirling-PDF

    #1 PDF Application on GitHub that lets you edit PDFs on any device anywhere

    • Released more recently
    • Higher score
    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Updated 31 days ago
    77 83.6 = Compare
  6. K3s

    Lightweight certified Kubernetes distribution packaged as a single binary for edge and small clusters.

    • Released more recently
    • No shared features
    Updated 51 days ago
    121 79.7 = Compare
  7. 100xDevs-Cohort3-WebDev-and-Devops

    100xDevs Cohort 3 🚀 by Harkirat Singh. This repository contains Lecture Codes, Notes, Assignments, Assignment Solution Code and Some Good Articles/Blogs Link. 🔥

    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    Stale: 518 days without a release
    273 41.3 = Compare
  8. Docker Desktop

    Application providing an integrated environment to build, run and share containerized applications and microservices.

    • Runs on more platforms
    • No shared features
    No dated release history published
    323 40.0 = Compare