casosorg/casos

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CasOS is a cloud operating system built on Kubernetes that embeds the full Kubernetes control plane (API server, controller manager, scheduler) into a single Go binary, using MySQL via kine instead of etcd. It provides a built-in web UI, app store, Casdoor-based SSO authentication, and Casbin authorization layers on top of standard Kubernetes RBAC.

Use cases

• run a local kubernetes cluster without kubeadm or etcd
• manage kubernetes workloads from a web ui without kubectl
• self-host a lightweight cloud platform with an app store
• add sso and fine-grained authorization to a kubernetes cluster
• scan container images for vulnerabilities before deploying
• stand up a kubernetes environment in minutes on a single machine

When to choose

• you want kubernetes without cluster bootstrap tooling or YAML
• you need a browser-based dashboard for deployments, services, and storage
• you want built-in SSO via Casdoor and Casbin-based authorization
• you prefer a single binary with MySQL instead of etcd

When to avoid

• you need a production multi-node cluster with standard etcd HA
• you require full kubectl and ecosystem tooling compatibility without constraints
• you need lightweight container orchestration without a MySQL dependency

Facets

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container-orchestration auth authorization security web-framework ui-components cloud-computing self-hosted developer-tools windows go self-hosted kubernetes-distribution embedded-control-plane cloud-operating-system casdoor casbin app-store single-binary web-dashboard containers devops linux macos docker kubernetes web-server

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