Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to The first open-source Infrastructure-as-Code framework
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…
CNC is an open-source Infrastructure-as-Code framework that helps developers deploy applications to AWS and GCP without writing extensive glue code. It translates high-level service definitions into infrastructure… 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, 1 of them free or with a free tier. The first open-source Infrastructure-as-Code framework launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Daytona ▲453Secure and elastic infra for running your AI-generated code.
2025 · daytona.io · its alternatives →
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Nitric Deploy▲197The right infrastructure, auto-provisioned in your cloud
2022 · nitric.io · its alternatives →
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2018 · coherenceapi.com · its alternatives →
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Design and deploy infrastructure to AWS using no-code app
2025 · archformation.com · its alternatives →
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A cloud-native Go microservices framework with cli tool for productivity. - zeromicro/go-zero
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We have been working on Multy, an open-source[1] tool that enables developers to deploy and switch to any cloud - AWS, Azure and GCP for now. We realized that, even when using Terraform, writing infrastructure code is very different for each cloud provider. This means changing clouds or deploying the same infrastructure in multiple clouds requires rewriting the same thing multiple times. And even though most core resources have the same functionality, developers need to learn a new provider and all its nuances when choosing a new cloud. This is why we built Multy. Multy is currently…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We have been working on multy.dev, an open-source cloud agnostic API that makes it easy to deploy the same infrastructure to any cloud provider using native managed services. The motivation was the realisation that, even when using Terraform, migrating infrastructure code requires an end-to-end re-write. Even though most core resources are the same in any major cloud, developers need to learn a new provider to deploy the same infrastructure when moving providers. We are still in early days of development and currently support the core services from AWS and Azure: - Networking…
2022 · multy.dev · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I’m Zach, from Coherence (https://www.withcoherence.com/). We’re building software that provides an integrated way to write, preview, and deploy code from one simple configuration. Check out our explainer video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2YHVx8QsLg and a high level demo here: https://www.loom.com/share/072c2afd1099496298f69ab21fdf2820 We started Coherence because we found technology teams spent 30-40% of their time yak shaving and writing glue code, instead of building products our customers love. We don’t think every team…
2022 · its alternatives →
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PipeOps▲102No code tool for cloud deployment & infrastructure mgmt
2023 · pipeops.io · its alternatives →
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Prisma Cloud is the most complete Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) for code to cloud security in any cloud, multicloud, and hybrid environment.
2017 · twistlock.com · its alternatives →
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Infrastructure as code (IaC) often fails during deployment due to dynamic constraints such as name collisions, quota limits and other resource-specific constraints that devs run halfway into an IaC deployment. We witnessed this first hand at TinyStacks and built precloud - an open-source framework to define and run dynamic tests before IaC deployments. The precloud framework currently supports Terraform and AWS CDK with several default checks (unique names, service quota checks and more) and ability to define your own!
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Me and a few friends have been working multy.dev, an open-source cloud agnostic API that makes it easy to deploy the same infrastructure to any cloud provider using native managed services. The motivation was the realisation that, even when using Terraform, migrating infrastructure code requires an end-to-end re-write. Even though most core resources are the same in any major cloud, developers need to learn a new provider to deploy the same infrastructure when moving providers. We currently support: - Networking (virtual_network, subnet, route_table, security_group, network_interface,…
2022 · its alternatives →
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ModernCloud▲101A browser-based serverless platform that is open-source
2021 · moderncloud.io · its alternatives →
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Text: Hey HN, Zan here, cofounder of Coherence (withcoherence.com). We’re excited to announce the launch of serverless deployment options for both AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), both of which are free-tier compatible. This new functionality enables developers to deploy applications directly to AWS Lambda and GCP Cloud Run, leveraging the power of serverless architectures without intermediary platforms. We hope that these provide a way to use Coherence for low-volume or R&D type projects, and open up some interesting new use cases! You can learn more in our docs: AWS Lambda -…
2024 · withcoherence.com · its alternatives →
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Brainboard▲62Visually build and manage cloud infrastructures
2021 · brainboard.co · its alternatives →
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How we built native x402 payable API support so AI agents can run simulations and pay per request — no human-in-the-loop billing setup required.
Jun 2026 · cloudworldmodel.ai · its alternatives →
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2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Boxes.devfree tier, from $19/mo▲112Hi HN, we’re Nick and Drew, and we’re building boxes.dev – the first cloud-only agentic dev environment (ADE) that gives every Codex and Claude Code agent its own cloud computer. We’re two engineers who previously built Gem (co-founder/CTO and first hire), and we spent the last year coding almost exclusively using Codex and Claude Code. It’s been a huge change to how we code, and it’s been exhilarating seeing the models keep getting better – but we eventually realized that developing on localhost was holding us back: - Git worktrees are clunky to set up and use for parallelizing work -…
Jun 2026 · boxes.dev · its alternatives →
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