Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Zenc Labs offers an open-source tool designed to simplify Docker deployments to AWS through a step-by-step process. Built by a software engineer with experience at major tech companies, the tool aims to improve… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites. A step-by-step, open-source tool for easy Docker deployments to AWS launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Huddle01 Cloudfrom $9/mo▲311

   Deploy your AI Agents in 60 seconds

   Mar 2026 · huddle01.com · its alternatives →

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   Up▲334

   Deploy serverless apps and APIs in seconds to AWS Lambda

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I built ContainerCVE – a web tool to scan public Docker images▲91

   I found it odd there wasn’t a simple web tool to scan Docker Hub images for vulnerabilities. So I built one. It’s powered by the popular open-source tool Trivy.

   2023 · containercve.com · its alternatives →

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   Dokploy Cloud▲224

   The open source alternative to Vercel, Heroku and Netlify

   2024 · dokploy.com · its alternatives →

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   Lumier – Run macOS VMs in a Docker▲159

   Hey HN, we're excited to share Lumier (https://github.com/trycua/cua/tree/main/libs/lumier), an open-source tool for running macOS and Linux virtual machines in Docker containers on Apple Silicon Macs. When building virtualized environments for AI agents, we needed a reproducible way to package and distribute macOS VMs. Inspired by projects like dockur/windows (https://github.com/dockur/windows) that pioneered running Windows in Docker, we wanted to create something similar but optimized for Apple Silicon. The existing…

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Ocean Templates▲126

   Open-source toolkit to build full-stack decentralised dApps

   2023 · oceanprotocol.com · its alternatives →

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   MadeiraCloud lets you draw AWS architecture and clone apps in minutes▲87

   2012 · madeiracloud.com · its alternatives →

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   Zonké▲68

   Zero config web app deployments to AWS

   2024 · its alternatives →

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   Redspread (YC W16) – CLI to deploy Docker to Kubernetes in one command▲118

   Docker to Kubernetes in one command. Contribute to redspread/spread development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lightweight tool for managing Linux virtual machines▲144

    hey guys. the other day i was migrating hosting providers and i just needed something not too heavy and convenient to spin up my backups for awhile and realised there is almost nothing out there. kimchi hasn't been updated for years and cockpit is heavy. so here's something i came up with in a couple hours because of a sudden urge, nothing fancy just basic creation with cloud init, lifecycle management and image/storage, but it's modern-ish and it compiles to a 8.4mb binary inclusive of the embedded web UI, CLI and API, and only dep is libvirt.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ZSvirt – A lightweight, scalable open source virtualization platform▲72

    Core IaaS engine and cloud infrastructure foundation of ZSvirt - ZSvirt/zsvirt

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Marina.io, an open source Docker Hub with ARM support▲59

    2017 · marina.io · its alternatives →

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    ZenHub 2.0 ▲151

    Agile project management inside GitHub.

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    zero▲94

    One command to deploy Docker containers to your own server

    Apr 2026 · shipzero.sh · its alternatives →

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    The first open-source Infrastructure-as-Code framework▲18

    Hey HN, Zach here, cofounder of Coherence (withcoherence.com). After over two years supporting customers deploying apps to AWS and GCP we’ve come to the conclusion that developers really want to own the customization and configurability that the public cloud provides without having to write and maintain all the glue code that goes with it. That’s why we’re launching CNC (https://github.com/coherenceplatform/cnc), an open-source framework that equips developers with the right tools to deploy applications with precision. Rooted in the principles of Infrastructure as Code…

    2024 · cncframework.com · its alternatives →

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    Keystone▲125

    We kept hitting the same wall: you clone some arbitrary repo and just want it to run without any configuration work. So we built Keystone, an open source tool that spins up a Modal sandbox, runs Claude Code inside it, and produces a working .devcontainer/ config (Dockerfile, devcontainer.json, test runner) for any git repo. We build on the dev container standard, so the output works with VS Code and GitHub Codespaces out of the box. Main use cases: reproducible dev/CI environments, self-describing repos, and safely sandboxed coding agents. Our goal is to encourage all repos to…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dockbit▲123

    Your team software deployments made simple

    2016 · dockbit.com · its alternatives →

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    ZenHub.io - for Open Source and Academic Projects▲111

    Project Management Inside GitHub – Free for open-source + …

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    A command-line utility for deploying serverless applications to AWS▲68

    A command-line utility for deploying serverless applications to AWS. Complete with custom domains, deploy previews, TypeScript support, and more. - JakePartusch/serverlessui

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dockter▲70

    A low-overhead, open-source Docker log management tool

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    I made a local development, debugging and hotreload tool for AWS Lambda▲111

    MerLoc is a live AWS Lambda function development and debugging tool. MerLoc allows you to run AWS Lambda functions on your local while they are still part of a flow in the AWS cloud remote. MerLoc makes it possible to - test your function locally without deploy to the AWS Lambda environment (so no wait for build, package and deploy) - debug your function by putting breakpoints from your IDE - hot-reload updated function on your local automatically to apply changes automatically (so again no wait for build, package and deploy) - run the individual function locally while it is still part of…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Accelerated Docker builds on your local machine with Depot (YC W23)▲64

    Hello HN! We just launched a new feature we built at Depot that accelerates Docker image builds on your local machine in a team environment, and we wanted to share some of the details with you all. The launch blog post: https://depot.dev/blog/local-builds Depot is a hosted container build service - we run fully managed Intel and Arm remote build machines in AWS, with large instance sizes and SSD cache disks. The machines run BuildKit, the build engine that powers Docker, so generally anything you can `docker build`, you can also `depot build`. Most people use Depot in CI,…

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Cloud 66 Docker toolset for running Docker in production from a to Z▲31

    Build, deploy and manage your applications on any cloud or your own servers.

    2015 · blog.cloud66.com · its alternatives →

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    Mercek – A Desktop IDE for AWS ECS▲64

    Hey HN I've been using ECS for a while now and found it annoying having to log into the console everytime I use Lens for Kubernetes but couldnt find an equivalent for ECS so i built one! The project is open source as well https://github.com/utibeabasi6/mercek

    Jun 2026 · mercek.dev · its alternatives →

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