chart VS otomi-core

You kind of explained it yourself. You need to run a number of components, keep track of all of them, be able to update them, scale them, make sure they're healthy and restarted when needed, etc. This is of course possible in a number of ways, but not trivial. You're basically describing an orchestrator such as Kubernetes or Nomad. Especially with an already existing Helm chart covering all the deployment logic (what needs to be deployed, how many instances, health checks, etc.): https://github.com/mastodon/chart it's quite an easy choice instead.

The official Helm chart (https://github.com/mastodon/chart) has also come a long way too. I've been using it for an instance I'm self-hosting (but haven't really opened it to the public yet). No major issues with it so far.

A separate repo was created for it recently

An example of a self-hosted Kubernetes-based PaaS is Otomi. Install Otomi on your Kubernetes cluster, compose your platform (by activating the required capabilities) and build, deploy and expose apps in just a couple of minutes. Heroku, but Kubernetes native and running on your own cluster.

This video shows some of the new features of Otomi version 0.19.0 that will be released in Week 11 2023. Follow us on GitHub and be the first to try it out: https://github.com/redkubes/otomi-core

Otomi

Kubernetes is 'only' a multi-node cluster kernel. Some call it the Linux of the cloud.

And because K8s is only a kernel, there are now over 2000+ (open source) projects, all adding some extra functionality to it. Be it for observability, security, or networking. But all of these projects don't really collaborate and end-users don't ask for maturity of individual projects, they want sets/stacks of projects that integrate well.

Now every company has created some Stack with applications and configurations for Kubernetes, all trying to reinvent the wheel and spending an often shocking $ in doing so.

So here is my take:

- Let's create a new category in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) landscape and call it Integrated Stacks for K8s

- To be accepted, a stack needs to provide an open integration framework for other projects to add/integrate their apps

- Just like aLinux distro, each stack is ideal for some specific use case(s)

- A stack can be installed in one run, contains integrated apps that work out-of-the-box, has a (web) UI that acts as a desktop environment to provide easy and secure access to all features. Call it a new user experience for Kubernetes

Wouldn't it be great to have a list of all Kubernetes stacks available that everyone can use (and contribute to)? Just like (in the Linux analogy) you can choose between Linux Mint, Fedora, or Ubuntu.

We already created the first: https://github.com/redkubes/otomi-core