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Deployment platform for teams to deploy internal tools. Deploy web apps declaratively, on a single-node or on Kubernetes, with OIDC/SAML auth and RBAC.

55 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 10 stories, 45 comments · first 2023-10-18 · latest 2026-10-02

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  1. I have been building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun . OpenRun allows you to build web apps, adding OIDC/SAML with RBAC to control who can access the apps. Supports MCP for app management. Also supports service bindings, which…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-10-02 · in Sites in ChatGPT
  2. I have been building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun which makes auth (OIDC/SAML) with RBAC easy for self-hosted apps.
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-09-06 · in Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone
  3. Go backend with Starlark for dynamic behavior is a great combination. I have been building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun with that approach, mainly for teams to deploy internal tools. It can be used to deploy any containerized…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-08-29 · in Htmx 4.0
  4. …type apps, now users are actually using it for deploying vibe coded internal tools. See https://github.com/openrundev/openrun/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20...
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-08-12 · in Lovable raises $400M Series C
  5. There is too much friction in deploying internal tools. I have been building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun to solve that. Full GitOps (create/update your app through GitOps, not just updating app source code), staged deployments,…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-08-12 · in Lovable raises $400M Series C
  6. …What is possible is to support a subset of the features of Kubernetes while making it easy to use. https://github.com/openrundev/openrun is a project I am building. It supports declarative deployments, on a single-node with Docker or onto…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-06-16 · in What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes
  7. …get a unique schema/database within the main database instance. I have been building the OpenRun https://github.com/openrundev/openrun project over the last three years. Recently added support for Postgres and MySQL service bindings. After…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-06-14 · in Service Binding – Easy database access for apps
  8. …same credentials or manually provisioning unique credentials. I have been building the OpenRun https://github.com/openrundev/openrun project over the last three years. Recently added support for Postgres and MySQL service bindings. The…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-06-12 · in Service Bindings for Postgres: Per-App Roles and Grants
  9. …underlying primitives will inevitably become as complex as Kubernetes itself. I have been building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun , which provides a declarative solution to deploy internal web apps for teams (with SAML/OAuth and…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-04-24 · in I am building a cloud
  10. Have been building a project https://github.com/openrundev/openrun/ which aims to make it easy for teams to easily deploy internal tools/webapps. While creating new apps has gotten easier, securely deploying them across teams remains a…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-03-09 · in Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)
  11. …of sense when running lots of small apps, apps scale to zero automatically. I have been building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun which provides similar scale down to zero functionality, on a single machine with Docker or on top of…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-03-07 · in Migrating from Heroku to Magic Containers
  12. ▲ 21
    Show HN: OpenRun – Declarative Deployments to Docker or Kubernetes
    story by ajayvk · 2026-02-10 · 0 comments
  13. …now with GenAI, but ensuring proper RBAC access controls remains a challenge. I have been building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun to try and solve internal tooling deployment challenges. OpenRun provides a declarative deployment…
    comment by ajayvk · 2026-01-26 · in RIP Low-Code 2014-2025
  14. Building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun , a platform for declarative deployment of web apps. OpenRun runs as a web server, which does GitOps driven app deployments. You can currently deploy apps on a standalone machine, on top of…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-11-10 · in Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)
  15. …is another alternative, it has a nice UI built with Hypermedia (HTMX). I am building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun/ . Main difference is that OpenRun has a declarative interface, no need for manual CLI commands or UI operations to…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-10-22 · in Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo server
  16. If you are fine with running lots of apps on one beefy machine, the project I am building https://github.com/openrundev/openrun provides a similar abstraction as App Runner and Cloud Run (automatically deploy web apps from source). It…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-10-13 · in AWS Service Availability Updates
  17. I have been building OpenRun, a declarative web app deployment platform https://github.com/openrundev/openrun . It is an open source alternative to Google Cloud Run and AWS App Runner, running on your own hardware. OpenRun allows defining…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-10-13 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)
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    Show HN: OpenRun - Deploy web apps declaratively
    story by ajayvk · 2025-10-11 · 2 comments
  19. I have been building an app deployment service https://github.com/openrundev/openrun . For the use case of network routing for services running in containers, OpenRun provides a simpler abstraction. It does the container management and the…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-09-27 · in Traefik's 10-year anniversary
  20. https://github.com/claceio/clace is project I am building which gives a Cloud Run type deployment experience on your own VMs. For each app, it supports scale down to zero containers (scaling up beyond one is being built). The authorization…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-06-04 · in Cloud Run GPUs, now GA, makes running AI workloads easier for everyone
  21. I have been building https://github.com/claceio/clace , an application server for deploying containerized apps. Docs are at https://clace.io/ . There are many deployment tools focussed on simplifying containerized apps deployment. Most of…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-05-22 · in Clace AppServer – GitOps in a single command
  22. ▲ 1
    Clace AppServer – GitOps in a single command
    story by ajayvk · 2025-05-22 · 1 comment
  23. I have been building https://github.com/claceio/clace , an appserver for deploying containerized apps. Docs are at https://clace.io/ . There are many deployment tools focussed on simplifying containerized apps deployment. Most of them are…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-05-20 · in Show HN: First AppServer built for deploying containerized apps
  24. Starlark does allow for much more concise and powerful config specification. I am building https://github.com/claceio/clace , which is an application server for teams to deploy internal tools. Clace uses Starlark for defining apps, instead…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-04-27 · in Tilt: dev environment as code
  25. Having a single process web/app server simplifies things operationally. I am building https://github.com/claceio/clace , which is an application server for teams to deploy internal tools. It runs as a single process, which implements the…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-04-21 · in The appeal of serving your web pages with a single process
  26. Another option you could consider is a tool I have been building for deploying webapps across a team. https://github.com/claceio/clace has the usual deployment related functionality like gitops, TLS certs. It has some unique features like…
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-03-09 · in Deploy from local to production (self-hosted)
  27. …with an existing app. I wrote more about this approach at https://clace.io/blog/webserver/ [1] https://github.com/claceio/clace
    comment by ajayvk · 2025-02-16 · in Gixy: Nginx Configuration Static Analyzer
  28. …track of error state [2], which might not work for more general purpose scripting use cases. [1] https://github.com/claceio/clace [2] https://clace.io/docs/plugins/overview/#automatic-error-hand...
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-12-09 · in The Starlark Programming Language
  29. I have been building a platform https://github.com/claceio/clace for teams to develop Hypermedia based internal tools. One of the main criteria for the technology stack and the feature set has been making sure apps can be maintained…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-12-04 · in Dependency management fatigue, or why I ditched React for Go+HTMX+Templ
  30. This is what I am trying to solve for with https://github.com/claceio/clace . Allow internal tools to be built with regular frameworks, while making it easy to add gitops, SSO, secrets management etc which are required for internal tools.
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-12-01 · in Rails is better low code than low code
  31. Along those lines, I am building https://github.com/claceio/clace for teams to deploy internal tools. It provides a Cloud Run type interface to run containers, including scaling down to zero. It implements an application server than runs…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-11-27 · in I Didn't Need Kubernetes, and You Probably Don't Either
  32. I am building the https://github.com/claceio/clace project as a platform for teams to deploy internal tools. As part of that, Clace implements an application server which uses containers to deploy any application. AppServers can be much…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-11-14 · in Application servers missed the containerization wave
  33. https://github.com/claceio/clace is a project I am building for that use case. Run multiple apps on the same machine, Clace acts as an application server which manages containers https://clace.io/blog/appserver/
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-11-13 · in Docker Compose Isn't Enough
  34. …constant maintenance, they reach a state where new changes cannot be done easily. I am building https://github.com/claceio/clace to try and fix this for internal tools. Go, go templates, HTMX, SQLite and Starlark is the stack. A goal is…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-11-10 · in Thoughts on the Resiliency of Web Projects
  35. ▲ 2
    Show HN: Auto generated form UI with HTMX and Starlark
    story by ajayvk · 2024-11-10 · 1 comment
  36. I am building the https://github.com/claceio/clace project as a platform for teams to deploy internal tools. As part of that, Clace implements an application server which uses containers to host any application. AppServers can be much…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-11-10 · in Application Servers missing from the Containerized Landscape
  37. I am building the https://github.com/claceio/clace project as a platform for teams to deploy internal tools. As part of that, Clace implements an application server which uses containers to host any application. This post talks about why…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-11-08 · in Missed Connections: AppServers in the Containerized Landscape
  38. I have been building https://github.com/claceio/clace , a project which makes it easier to manage web apps for internal use (locally and across a team). SQLite is used to store static files. This post talks about the reasoning behind that.
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-10-27 · in Using SQLite as storage for web server static content
  39. I created https://github.com/claceio/clace/issues/33 to track this
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-09-13 · in Show HN: Clace – Application Server with support for scaling down to zero
  40. ▲ 72
    Show HN: Clace – Application Server with support for scaling down to zero
    story by ajayvk · 2024-09-11 · 28 comments
  41. I am building Clace https://github.com/claceio/clace , an app server for containerized applications. The goal is to build something like Nginx Unit, but supporting any language/framework. Each app runs in a separate container. App updates…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-08-25 · in Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?
  42. …https://dokku.com/ https://github.com/dokku/dokku/ https://clace.io/ https://github.com/claceio/clace
    comment by reneberlin · 2024-06-10 · in Piku: Allows git push deployments to your own servers
  43. …been a concern in the context of a web app server. [1] https://github.com/google/starlark-go [2] https://github.com/claceio/clace [3] https://clace.io/docs/plugins/overview/#automatic-error-hand... [4]…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-06-06 · in An Overview of the Starlark Language
  44. ▲ 4
    Show HN: Web app proxy and container manager (Nginx Unit alternative)
    story by ajayvk · 2024-06-02 · 0 comments
  45. I am building https://github.com/claceio/clace . It allows you to install multiple apps. Instead of messing with routing rules, each app gets a dedicated path (can be a domain). That way you cannot break one app while working on another.…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-06-01 · in Nginx Unit: open-source, lightweight and versatile application runtime
  46. …can be done in memory without a build step for file renames. I am using that approach in my project https://github.com/claceio/clace . It removes the need for a build step while making aggressive static file caching possible.
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-04-11 · in ETag and HTTP Caching
  47. ▲ 3
    Show HN: Clace – Nginx Unit alternative – app server for internal apps
    story by ajayvk · 2024-04-10 · 1 comment
  48. ▲ 2
    Show HN: Clace – Platform for hypermedia driven internal web tools
    story by ajayvk · 2024-03-29 · 2 comments
  49. I am building https://github.com/claceio/clace . It is focussed on building operational web apps, with a focus on security. The end goal is to build something between https://www.rundeck.com/ and https://retool.com/ , allow automation of…
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-03-07 · in The end of Airplane.dev
  50. …applications are a great fit for developing internal and operational tools. I have been building https://github.com/claceio/clace for making development and deployment easier for such web apps.
    comment by ajayvk · 2024-01-11 · in Is htmx Just Another JavaScript Framework?