# CanineHQ/canine

A developer friendly PaaS for your Kubernetes

Repository: https://github.com/CanineHQ/canine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/canine
Homepage: https://canine.sh
Language: Ruby
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: devops, heroku, hosting, kubernetes
Last push: 2026-08-25T15:20:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 52
- inputs: {"age_days": 741, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2917, forks 120 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.027914+00:00)

## What it is
Canine is an open-source, self-hosted PaaS that turns any Kubernetes cluster into a Heroku-like deployment platform. It provides git-push deployments, automatic Docker image builds, a web UI, CLI, and MCP server for managing apps without writing Kubernetes YAML.

## Use cases
- deploy apps to kubernetes without writing yaml
- self-hosted heroku alternative on my own cluster
- git push to deploy from github or gitlab
- manage web services workers and cron jobs on kubernetes
- automatic ssl and custom domains for kubernetes apps
- reduce hosting costs by deploying to cheap providers
- deploy and manage apps through an ai client via mcp

## When to choose
- you want a Heroku-like developer experience on your own Kubernetes infrastructure
- you need data sovereignty and self-hosting with no per-seat pricing
- your team wants git-driven continuous deployment with built-in image builds
- you want to manage services, secrets, volumes, and domains through a web UI or CLI

## When to avoid
- you don't run Kubernetes and don't want to operate a cluster
- you need a fully managed PaaS with zero infrastructure responsibility
- you deploy only serverless functions rather than containerized services

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: deployment, container-orchestration, ci-cd, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted, developer-tools, cli, web-framework
- domain: cloud-computing, self-hosted, developer-tools, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: self-hosted, cli
- tags: paas, heroku-alternative, git-push-deploy, helm, kubernetes-platform, platform-as-a-service, continuous-deployment, devops, containers, kubernetes, docker, linux, macos, web-server

## Member repositories
- CanineHQ/canine (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.027914+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:34:03.968954+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CanineHQ/canine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.027914+00:00, sha b3a27c72bc5c)
  - homepage: https://canine.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:17.866685+00:00, sha 4b879f2d2e14)
  - site_page: https://docs.canine.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:17.877585+00:00, sha 52c69b381abc)
  - site_page: https://canine.sh/self-hosted (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:17.875751+00:00, sha efb41557ca45)
  - site_page: https://canine.sh/calculator (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:17.879040+00:00, sha a6dd5d134403)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.