# lastbackend/lastbackend

System for containerized apps management. From build to scaling.

Repository: https://github.com/lastbackend/lastbackend
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lastbackend
Homepage: https://lastbackend.com
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cloud, docker, hosting, continuous-delivery, continuous-integration, backend, go, golang, containers, lastbackend, paas, kubernetes, service-discovery, devops, orchestration, devtools, pipeline, container, ci, cd
Last push: 2023-07-19T04:05:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3757, "days_push": 1141, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1655, forks 111 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:17.924551+00:00)

## What it is
Last.Backend is an open-source container management platform written in Go that automates deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It bundles container scheduling, service discovery, overlay networking, load balancing, and a developer-friendly CLI into a self-hosted PaaS-style system.

## Use cases
- self-host a kubernetes-like container orchestration platform
- deploy and scale containerized apps on my own servers
- run a paas with service discovery and load balancing out of the box
- manage container deployments with a simple cli
- deploy stateful services on a container cluster
- set up ci/cd pipelines for containerized applications

## When to choose
- you want a simpler, all-in-one alternative to kubernetes for self-hosted container management
- you need built-in service discovery, overlay networking, and load balancing without extra setup
- you prefer a developer-friendly cli for deploying apps to any server

## When to avoid
- you need a battle-tested, large-community orchestrator - kubernetes is the safer choice
- you require multi-cloud managed services or recent active development
- you need windows or macos node support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, service-discovery, ci-cd, api-framework, cli, networking, proxy, load-testing
- domain: cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted, microservices
- platform: go, self-hosted, cli
- tags: container-platform, paas, orchestration, scheduler, overlay-network, ipvs-load-balancer, vxlan, kubernetes-alternative, containers, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- lastbackend/lastbackend (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.924551+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 2026-08-30T03:44:52.786792+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lastbackend/lastbackend (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.924551+00:00, sha ef372ecfec0f)
  - homepage: https://lastbackend.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:17:41.019242+00:00, sha 387d485d9689)
  - site_page: https://lastbackend.com/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T11:17:41.028477+00:00, sha 579579215ba6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.