# goodrain/rainbond

A container platform that needs no Kubernetes learning, Build, deploy, assemble, and manage apps on Kubernetes, no K8s expertise needed, all in a graphical platform.

Repository: https://github.com/goodrain/rainbond
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rainbond
Homepage: https://www.rainbond.io
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: microservice-architecture, cloud-native, kubernetes, devops, hybrid-cloud, multi-cloud, paas, application, saas, service-mesh, cloud-native-applications, microservice-governance, continuous-delivery, k8s, multi-cluster, heroku, rainbond
Last push: 2026-08-26T09:10:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3223, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 16, "gap_med": 13.0, "n_releases_24m": 39}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6256, forks 876 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:41.063007+00:00)

## What it is
Rainbond is an open-source, application-centric container management platform built on Kubernetes that lets teams build, deploy, and operate applications through a graphical interface without learning Kubernetes. It supports source-code builds without Dockerfiles, microservice assembly, an application marketplace, and offline/private delivery of packaged applications.

## Use cases
- deploy apps on kubernetes without learning k8s
- private deployment and offline delivery of containerized applications
- one-click install of microservice application templates from a marketplace
- convert traditional apps to cloud-native without code changes
- manage multiple kubernetes clusters through a graphical console
- build and deploy source code without writing dockerfiles or yaml
- deliver software to customer environments with air-gapped installs

## When to choose
- your team uses Kubernetes but wants a simpler, application-centric delivery workflow
- you need private, offline, or air-gapped deployment to customer sites
- you want a Heroku-like self-hosted PaaS experience
- you need to package and deliver multi-service applications as reusable templates
- you want non-invasive microservice transformation via service mesh

## When to avoid
- you need direct, fine-grained control over raw Kubernetes resources
- you prefer GitOps-style declarative pipelines over a GUI-driven platform
- you only need a lightweight container runtime or single-cluster Docker management
- your team is already fluent in Kubernetes tooling like Helm and kubectl

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, microservices, api-gateway, self-hosted, developer-tools, ci-cd
- domain: cloud-computing, microservices, self-hosted, developer-tools
- platform: windows, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: paas, application-marketplace, service-mesh, multi-cluster, hybrid-cloud, offline-delivery, heroku-like, cloud-native, containers, devops, linux, macos, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- goodrain/rainbond (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.063007+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 2026-08-29T17:46:35.059447+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/goodrain/rainbond (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:41.063007+00:00, sha e21296198778)
  - homepage: https://www.rainbond.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:43:13.529459+00:00, sha 6704ccc81a30)
  - site_page: https://www.rainbond.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:43:13.532213+00:00, sha 6d4f5dce5b72)
  - site_page: https://www.rainbond.io/docs/quick-start/quick-install (fetched 2026-08-29T08:43:13.533983+00:00, sha 4d1c318a735c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.