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The developer friendly container and micro services platform. Works on any cloud, easy to setup, simple to use. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/kontena/kontena · homepage · Ruby · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4182
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 2752
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1455 stars · 122 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Kontena Classic is a developer-friendly open-source platform for orchestrating Docker containerized applications across any cloud or on-premises infrastructure, with built-in load balancing, overlay networking, private registry, and secrets management. The project is deprecated and no longer maintained; its successor is Kontena Pharos, a certified Kubernetes distribution.

Use cases

  • orchestrate docker containers across multiple hosts and availability zones
  • deploy containerized apps with a heroku-like workflow without an ops team
  • run a private docker image registry with built-in secrets storage
  • get zero-downtime load balancing for microservices on any cloud
  • set up a simple container platform without kubernetes complexity

When to choose

  • you are maintaining a legacy deployment already built on Kontena Classic
  • you need a historical reference for pre-kubernetes container orchestration design

When to avoid

  • you are starting a new container orchestration project - use Kubernetes or its managed distributions instead
  • you need security updates or community support - the project is deprecated since 2019 and the company pivoted to Suptask
  • you want long-term vendor commitment or an active roadmap

Facets

infra-config · maturity abandoned

container-orchestration deployment secrets-management microservices container-runtime microservices cloud-computing self-hosted go ruby self-hosted cloud docker-orchestration deprecated kubernetes-alternative heroku-like-deployment coreos weave-net load-balancing containers devops linux docker

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