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24 alternatives to Bosh

An open source tool for distributed systems

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bosh launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AO
   An online interactive Kubernetes playground▲164

   2017 · play-with-k8s.com · its alternatives →

2. 2HA
   Hasura – A Postgres BaaS and Kubernetes PaaS on Your Own Infrastructure▲259

   2017 · hasura.io · its alternatives →

3. 3KA
   Kubernetes as a back-end for OpenFaaS▲194

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4FA
   FaunaDB, a strongly consistent, globally distributed cloud database▲131

   2017 · fauna.com · its alternatives →

5. 5BA
   Beaker – A browser for IPFS and Dat▲160

   2016 · pfrazee.github.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Slack▲128

   A platform for team communication

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7GA
   GoWork – A Go Distributed Work Library▲68

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8IA
   Iron, a fast middleware-oriented Rust web server framework▲81

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9KK
   KubeDB – Kubernetes-ready production-grade databases▲108

   2018 · kubedb.com · its alternatives →

10. 10KA
    Kubespy, a CLI tool for observing Kubernetes resources in real time▲99

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Divide▲62

    The secure workspace for enterprise

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Ring▲83

    A free software for distributed and secured communication

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Dispy▲8

    A python module for distributed and parallel computing

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14OA
    OneDB, an open source decentralized back end▲10

    2018 · one-db.org · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ROOK▲9

    Open, Cloud Native, and Universal Distributed Storage

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16FA
    FSSB – A filesystem sandbox for Linux▲43

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17TC
    Tyk Cloud – Open Source API Management in The Cloud▲36

    2015 · cloud.tyk.io · its alternatives →

18. 18DA
    Distributive – A simple, distributed monitoring solution▲11

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19CA
    Criollo, an Obj-C and Swift web server framework for OS X and iOS▲17

    2016 · criollo.io · its alternatives →

20. 20DC
    Distributed Cloud Compilation API▲19

    2015 · mimirhq.com · its alternatives →

21. 21AI
    Alauda.io – Container as a Service Cloud▲17

    2016 · alauda.io · its alternatives →

22. 22CA
    Crsh – A JavaScript based command line shell▲9

    2020 · crwi.uk · its alternatives →

23. 23GO
    Greta, our script for decentralized data distribution▲14

    2016 · greta.io · its alternatives →

24. 24UA
    Unito – A sync engine for GitHub/JIRA/Wrike/Asana/+▲12

    2016 · unito.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →