# psviderski/uncloud

A lightweight tool for deploying and managing containerised applications across a network of Docker hosts. Bridging the gap between Docker and Kubernetes ✨

Repository: https://github.com/psviderski/uncloud
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/uncloud
Homepage: https://uncloud.run
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: containers, docker, docker-compose, golang, orchestration, self-hosted, devops, kubernetes, deployment
Last push: 2026-08-21T05:22:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 87/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 90, longevity 55
- inputs: {"age_days": 774, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 68, "gap_med": 12, "n_releases_24m": 34}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5468, forks 175 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:19.583887+00:00)

## What it is
Uncloud is a lightweight, decentralised container orchestration tool that deploys and manages containerised applications across a network of Docker hosts using Docker Compose files. It creates a secure WireGuard mesh network between machines and provides service discovery, load balancing, automatic HTTPS, and zero-downtime deployments without a central control plane.

## Use cases
- deploy docker compose apps across multiple servers
- self-host web apps on my own VPS without kubernetes complexity
- run a multi-machine docker cluster on cloud VMs and bare metal
- get zero-downtime rolling deployments with docker compose
- replace docker swarm for production workloads
- move off heroku or a cloud PaaS to my own servers
- set up automatic HTTPS and reverse proxy for self-hosted services
- connect docker hosts into a secure private network

## When to choose
- you want multi-host Docker Compose deployments without Kubernetes or Swarm overhead
- you self-host web apps on a few cloud VMs or bare-metal servers and want zero-downtime deploys and automatic HTTPS
- you want a Heroku-like deployment workflow on your own infrastructure
- you need a decentralised cluster with no control plane or quorum to maintain
- you're migrating away from Docker Swarm or a PaaS

## When to avoid
- you need large-scale orchestration with autoscaling, advanced scheduling, or a rich ecosystem — use Kubernetes
- you need a managed control plane, RBAC, and enterprise cluster features
- your workloads are non-Linux or non-Docker
- you need a mature GUI dashboard today (Uncloud Hub is still early access)

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: container-orchestration, deployment, networking, api-gateway, service-discovery, cli
- domain: self-hosted, cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, microservices
- platform: go, cli, self-hosted
- tags: docker-compose, wireguard, container-orchestration, multi-host, kubernetes-alternative, docker-swarm-alternative, zero-downtime-deployment, reverse-proxy, load-balancing, devops, containers, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- psviderski/uncloud (main) score 87

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.583887+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 2026-08-29T17:56:44.917164+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/psviderski/uncloud (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.583887+00:00, sha 25e0f3a83a35)
  - homepage: https://uncloud.run (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:50.599945+00:00, sha 160c6e919b80)
  - site_page: https://uncloud.run/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:50.609340+00:00, sha 7a7e4cbfc409)
  - site_page: https://uncloud.run/docs/getting-started/deploy-demo-app (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:50.611311+00:00, sha ea48e5a370d8)
  - site_page: https://uncloud.run/hub (fetched 2026-08-29T08:51:50.613616+00:00, sha ba42cde92c0a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.