goodrain / rainbond

A container platform that needs no Kubernetes learning Build, deploy, assemble, and manage apps on Kubernetes, no K8s expertise needed, all in a graphical platform. Website • Documentation What is Rainbond? Rainbond is a Kubernetes-based cloud-native application management platform that is 100% open-source. It is dedicated to transforming complex container orchestration and application management capabilities into a simple and user-friendly development and operations experience. Without needing in-depth knowledge of Kubernetes' underlying architecture, users can achieve full lifecycle management of applications through a graphical interface and standardized workflows. Ideal for enterprises to quickly build cloud-native application platforms, it reduces technical barriers and implementation costs. Why Rainbond? Positioning Differences with Mainstream Platforms | **Platform Type** | Representative Products | Rainbond's Differentiation | |------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| | **Developer-friendly PaaS** | Heroku, Vercel | ▶ Self-hosted Support ▶ Full K8s Compatibility | | **K8s Native Tools** | Rancher, Devtron | ▶ Application-level Abstraction ▶ Zero YAML Experience ▶ Complex Application Topology ▶ Offline Environment Support | | **Self-hosted Solutions** | CapRover, Coolify | ▶ Enterprise Multi-tenancy ▶ Hybrid Cloud Management | 🎯 What Pain Points Does It Solve? **Developer Perspective** • "I need to deploy a system with 20 microservices, but don't want to study K8s configs for each component" • "The configuration differences between production and test environments make every deployment risky" • "How to quickly deliver complex systems in customer's offline environment?" **Ops/Platform Admin Perspective** • "Need to give developers autonomy while ensuring cluster stability" • "Traditional application cloud-native transformation costs too much" • "Unified application management across multi/hybrid cloud environments" 🚀 Core Capabilities • **Install Enterprise Software Like Mobile Apps**: Through the built-in application marketplace, various published microservice application templates support one-click installation and upgrades, even for systems with 100+ microservices. • **Containerization Without Dockerfile and YAML**: The platform automatically recognizes multiple development languages like Java, Python, Golang, NodeJS, PHP, .NetCore, etc., completing build and deployment through a wizard-like process without writing Dockerfile or YAML. • **Full Application Lifecycle Management**: Serverless experience where regular developers can manage and maintain applications and components without learning, including start, stop, build, update, auto-scaling, gateway policy management, etc., with non-invasive microservice architecture. • **Microservice Modular Assembly**: Business components running on Rainbond support modular dependency orchestration, one-click publishing as reusable application templates, enabling business component accumulation and reuse. Who Is It Designed For? 👩💻 Developer Users • Need URL access within 5 minutes from code • Want cloud-native capabilities without learning K8s • Zero configuration differences between dev and prod environments 👨💼 Platform Managers • Traditional application cloud-native transformation • Building internal PaaS platforms • Achieving unified hybrid cloud management ✨ Differentiating Highlights Comparison | Dimension | Traditional Approach | Rainbond Approach | |-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| | **Deployment Complexity** | Requires K8s experts to write YAML | Visual orchestration, auto-generates K8s resources | | **Environment Consistency** | Manual maintenance of multiple configs | Environment config templating, one-click deployment | | **Delivery Form** | Docs + scripts + manual deployment | Self-contained app template (code + config) | | **Skill Requirements** | Need full container/K8s stack skills | Operation interface based on application model abstraction | Getting Started Installation Minimum Requirements • Linux OS (CentOS 7+/Ubuntu 18.04+) • 2 CPU cores / 8GB RAM / 50GB disk space 3-Minute Quick Installation You only need to execute the following command to run a container and quickly experience the full functionality of Rainbond. For more installation options, refer to Installation and Upgrade. After the command is executed successfully, open a browser and enter to access the platform and start deploying applications. is the IP address you selected or entered when running the script. Quick Start Please refer to the Quick Start documentation. Open Source Community If you encounter any issues while using Rainbond and need help, please refer to the Community Support. Slack: Rainbond Slack Channel Twitter: Rainbond Twitter Discord: Rainbond Discord Contribution We welcome contributions and sharing in the Rainbond community in areas such as platform usage experience, standardized applications, and plugin sharing. If you are a Rainbond user who has a deep understanding of Rainbond and aligns with its technical direction, and you have significant demands within your organization, we welcome you to contribute to Rainbond. Related Projects This repository contains the core service implementation code of the Rainbond data center. The project also includes the following sub-projects: • Rainbond-Console: Rainbond console server project. • Rainbond-Console-UI: Rainbond console frontend project. • Rainbond-Operator: Rainbond installation and operation project. • Rainbond-Builder: Rainbond source code build toolset. License This repository is licensed under the Rainbond Open Source License, based on Apache 2.0 with additional conditions.