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24 alternatives to Kamal Handbook

The missing manual

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kamal Handbook launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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I wrote a book on Kamal, deployment tool that's coming to Rails 8▲13
Hi fellow readers of HN, Josef here again[0] with another book :). This time about Kamal. = Background When 37signals released their new deployment tool Kamal[1], I was intrigued since it fits well with my 'keep it simple' deployment philosophy. I slowly adopted the tool and today I deploy all new projects with Kamal. However, I have seen people giving it a go and giving up, because the initial documentation was not enough. So I sat down for a few weeks and wrote Kamal Handbook, the missing manual to Kamal. = What's Kamal? Kamal is an imperative deployment tool. It's basically a successor to…
2024 · kamalmanual.com · its alternatives →
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Fig▲956
Autocomplete for the Terminal
2022 · fig.io · its alternatives →
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I wrote a modern Command Line Handbook▲454
TLDR: I wrote a handbook for the Linux command line. 120 pages in PDF. Updated for 2025. Pay what you want. A few years back I wrote an ebook about the Linux command line. Instead of focusing on a specific shell, paraphrasing manual pages, or providing long repetitive explanations, the idea was to create a modern guide that would help readers to understand the command line in the practical sense, cover the most common things people use the command line for, and do so without wasting the readers' time. The book contains material on terminals, shells (compatible with both Bash and Zsh),…
2025 · commandline.stribny.name · its alternatives →
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I wrote a book on web application deployment▲326
Learn the core transferable skills of setting up Linux virtual servers and Docker containers. Provision web servers, application servers, workers, and databases.
2021 · deploymentfromscratch.com · its alternatives →
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Manual Pages by Fig▲208
Beautiful, community-driven documentation for 300+ CLI tools
2022 · fig.io · its alternatives →
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Container Desktop – Podman Desktop Companion▲464
A familiar, open-source desktop interface for Podman, Docker and Apple™ Container — local, remote over SSH, and WSL, the same UI on Windows, macOS and Linux. Free, MIT licensed.
2024 · container-desktop.com · its alternatives →
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Dockbit▲123
Your team software deployments made simple
2016 · dockbit.com · its alternatives →
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Habitus▲126
An open source build flow tool for Docker
2016 · habitus.io · its alternatives →
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Devbox – Easy, predictable shells and containers▲515
Devbox is a command-line tool that lets you easily create isolated shells and containers. You start by defining the list of packages required by your development environment, and devbox uses that definition to create an isolated environment just for your application. In practice, Devbox works similar to a package manager like yarn – except the packages it manages are at the operating-system level (the sort of thing you would normally install with brew or apt-get). See it in action: https://youtu.be/WMBaXQZmDoA
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The Cyber Plumber's Handbook – SSH Tunnel Like a Boss▲277
Looking to get some feedback from the Hacker News community. I wrote the book with a focus on penetration testers and red teamers, but there are great examples for network admins, developers, and blue team defenders as well. You can pick up a copy for free here through May 19, 2019: https://gumroad.com/l/the_cyber_plumbers_handbook/hackernews... Please note, because it's hosted on Gumroad, it does require an email. If you don't want to give out your actual email, check out an anonymous email service. I give it away to students for free, so if you know of one that…
2019 · its alternatives →
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Docker for Beginners▲66
docker for beginners
2016 · docker-curriculum.com · its alternatives →
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TinyCommand▲356
Stop duct-taping tools. Run everything with one command.
Nov 2025 · tinycommand.com · its alternatives →
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Miniboss, versatile local container management with Python▲158
The most versatile way to manage containers locally - afroisalreadyinu/miniboss
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Dockhand▲133
Docker management for everyone
Aug 2026 · dockhand.pro · its alternatives →
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Fig - Fast, isolated development environments using Docker▲15
2014 · orchardup.github.io · its alternatives →
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Sultan – Pythonic interface to your shell▲155
2017 · sultan.readthedocs.io · 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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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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Gum▲152
A tool for building glamorous shell scripts
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Gold Fig▲152
Version control for settings pages
2019 · goldfiglabs.com · its alternatives →
21DC
Docker Cheat Sheet▲31
2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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Build your Linux from Scratch inside Docker with one command▲94
Docker configuration for building Linux From Scratch system - reinterpretcat/lfs
2017 · 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 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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