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24 alternatives to Microservices with Kubernetes

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Microservices with Kubernetes launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AE
   An Example Microservice Back End for Kubernetes, Bazel, Go, Java, GRPC▲119

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2MA
   Micro – a microservice toolkit▲101

   2016 · blog.micro.mu · its alternatives →

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

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AO
   An online interactive Kubernetes playground▲164

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

5. 5MF
   Microservices for Startups: Practical advice for teams (new ebook)▲13

   2017 · microservicesforstartups.com · its alternatives →

6. 6SA
   Sanic – A Comprehensive CLI for Kubernetes▲82

   2019 · sanic.io · its alternatives →

7. 7KA
   Kubespy, a CLI tool for observing Kubernetes resources in real time▲99

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8MA
   Micro – A Microservice Toolkit▲25

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9KA
   kenv – an environment file injector for Kubernetes resources▲49

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10GM
    Go-micro – a microservices client/server library▲27

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11AP
    Automated Pipelines to Your Kubernetes Clusters▲81

    2016 · distelli.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AI
    An Introduction to Microservices▲8

    2021 · medium.com · its alternatives →

13. 13JT
    Jolie – The First Programming Language for Microservices▲64

    2015 · jolie-lang.org · its alternatives →

14. 14KK
    KubeDB – Kubernetes-ready production-grade databases▲108

    2018 · kubedb.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The DevOps 2.0 Toolkit▲72

    Automating the continuous deployment pipeline

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16GK
    Gravity – Kubernetes snapshots for on-premise deployments▲70

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17SC
    Stdlib.com – Building a Standard Library of Node.js Microservices▲28

    2016 · stdlib.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    A deep dive into Kubernetes internals▲8

    May 2026 · semicolony.dev · its alternatives →

19. 19VD
    Valence, Declarative Performance for Kubernetes▲17

    2019 · valence.net · its alternatives →

20. 20HM
    Hypernetes – Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Distribution▲35

    2015 · hyper.sh · its alternatives →

21. 21
    eBook - Microservices Architecture for eCommerce▲10

    Open version of "Microservices Architecture for eCommerce"

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22KA
    Kyma – An easy way to extend enterprise applications on Kubernetes▲8

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Book: Microservices Architecture for eCommerce▲10

    Microservices Architecture for eCommerce

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24KD
    Kdo – Deployless Development on Kubernetes▲8

    2020 · github.com · 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 →