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24 alternatives to Unfurl Cloud – A free and open cloud

Building a free and open cloud

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Unfurl Cloud – A free and open cloud launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hive▲236

   First free unlimited cloud service in the world.

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Deplo▲98

   A ridiculously good alternative to the cloud.

   Sep 2026 · deplo.build · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Tutum▲86

   Docker containers as a cloud service

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   OpenShift▲10

   A free, end-to-end, cloud-native development experience.

   2017 · developers.redhat.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Deis▲64

   Open source application platform for public & private clouds

   2014 · azure.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   UserApp▲64

   User Management in the Cloud

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7TC
   The cloud is rigged. we're building a better one▲8

   the cloud is a walled garden built for profit [ not efficiency ]. you’re paying for idle, autoscaling is too slow, and serverless is a scam. locked in, overcharged, and out of options. lttle.cloud is different. decentralized, open-source, and built for real performance [ sub-10ms cold start ], true pay-for-what-you-use pricing, and zero vendor lock-in. deploy anything as "serverless" from any docker image, no rewrites, no bullshit. powered by the blockchain and built in public, it’s transparent, efficient, and free from vendor lock-in. run your own private cloud or join the decentralized…

   2025 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   FreeLunch CI▲4

   Microservices in the cloud

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Uncloud – Uncomplicated container orchestration without control plane▲30

   Hey HN, I'm building Uncloud — a lightweight clustering and container orchestration tool that lets you deploy and manage web apps across cloud VMs and bare metal with minimal cluster management overhead. After several years of managing and extending Kubernetes at a unicorn, I realised that I desperately needed a change. All those abstraction layers, unnecessary complexity, boilerplate… I wanted container orchestration to bring me joy again, the way Ansible did when I first tried it a decade ago, or Docker after that. That’s when I decided to start an experiment that is now called Uncloud.…

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10CC
    Croningen – cron for the cloud▲7

    2016 · croningen.io · its alternatives →

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    I made an open-source Replit▲9

    I spent the past few weeks making an open source cloud code editing environment with an AI copilot and multiplayer collaboration! It's fully self-hostable in 5-10 minutes. There's a lot of minor improvements to be made, and some are already listed in the Github issues. Let me know what you think and feel free to try it out.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12KA
    KitchenSync, a secure home cloud to support myself during university▲6

    2012 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ROOK▲9

    Open, Cloud Native, and Universal Distributed Storage

    2016 · rook.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    A unified CD solution for Kubernetes, Serverless, Infrastructure apps▲7

    Continuous Delivery for declarative Kubernetes, Serverless and Infrastructure applications

    2020 · pipecd.dev · its alternatives →

15. 15OA
    Overlaycloud – A New Type of Cloud Computing Platform▲9

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    AWS Lambda▲6

    A Guide to Serverless Microservices

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Cloudinary▲14

    Image Management In The Cloud

    2014 · cloudinary.com · its alternatives →

18. 18KO
    Kloudless – One cloud storage API in the place of many▲7

    2014 · kloudless.com · its alternatives →

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    Onyx▲7

    Distributed computation for the cloud

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20LM
    Learn Modern Cloud Infrastructure Using AWS▲8

    2016 · badgerops.net · its alternatives →

21. 21OS
    Open-Source Peer-to-Peer Network to “Decentralize the Cloud”▲6

    2021 · hurracloud.io · its alternatives →

22. 22SC
    Simple Cloud, for the Modern Web▲6

    2020 · lucidsky.io · its alternatives →

23. 23EA
    Ebbflow – A Multi-Cloud Load Balancer and SSH Proxy. Host from Anywhere▲7

    2020 · ebbflow.io · its alternatives →

24. 24SL
    ServerSlide - Lua Cloud Application Platform▲8

    2011 · serverslide.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 →