BYbyrnedo·Aug 21, 2025
You could use https://github.com/skateco/skate and graduate to k8s later.
Disclosure: I’m the author of skate
In Ask HN: Is Kubernetes still a big no-no for early stages in 2025?skateco
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skateco / skate
skate
Low resource, no daemon, kubernetes manifest compatible container platform
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What it is
Low resource, no daemon, kubernetes manifest compatible container platform
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Striking while the iron is hot: I love dokku and I've used it for many years. That said, I thought I'd do something similar but with the goal of supporting k8s manifests…
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Aug 2024 | 2024-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2024 | 2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 2024 | 2024-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2024 | 2024-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2024 | 2024-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2025 | 2025-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2025 | 2025-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2025 | 2025-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 2025-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Jun 2025 | 2025-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2025 | 2025-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2025 | 2025-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
9 sourcesAh, so that explains it: https://github.com/skateco/skate#:~:text=leverages%20podman%...
In What would a Kubernetes 2.0 look likeIf you want, give skate a try ( https://github.com/skateco/skate ). I built it out of the frustration of having to learn the custom deploy syntax of all these other alternatives, instead it uses kubernetes manifests and is multi host.
In Ask HN: What's the best way to deploy container-based apps for a small project?Please try https://github.com/skateco/skate, this is pretty much the exact same reason why I built it!
In Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)I created skate (https://github.com/skateco/skate) to be basically this but multihost and support k8s manifests. Under the hood it’s podman and systemd
In Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)I've been working on Skate (https://github.com/skateco/skate), a lean multi-host container platform, primarily for my own needs. Its been a great way to learn more Rust (I'm a gopher by day) and I've learned some interesting technologies and concepts.
In Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?Show HN: Skate, daemonless mini PAAS that can deploy K8s manifests
4 points · Open discussionCheck out https://github.com/skateco/skate
I'm building it for exactly that reason. Multihost and supports k8s manifests.
In Show HN: Clace – Application Server with support for scaling down to zeroStriking while the iron is hot:
I love dokku and I've used it for many years.
That said, I thought I'd do something similar but with the goal of supporting k8s manifests
https://github.com/skateco/skate
It's daemonless, multi-host with multi-host networking, service discovery and like I said, allows you to create deployments, cronjobs, and route traffic via ingress resources.
Comes with letsencrypt out of the box.
In Dokku: My favorite personal serverless platform