Canine

A developer-friendly platform as a service for your own Kubernetes cluster, bringing Heroku-style git push deployments to your infrastructure.

2.9k stars, 122 forks Ruby On GitHub since August 2024

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What is Canine?

Canine lets you deploy applications to Kubernetes with git push and manage services through a web interface, without writing manifests by hand. It brings the simplicity of a PaaS like Heroku to clusters you already run, whether in the cloud or on your own hardware, and handles builds, domains and environment settings for each app. It is a Ruby on Rails application with PostgreSQL, and a Helm chart is included.

Good fit if

  • You run Kubernetes and want Heroku-like deployments for your team.
  • You want to keep control of your cluster while giving developers a simple UI.

Look elsewhere if

Before you adopt it

Canine is Apache-2.0 and free, with no paid parts in the repository. Every recent commit comes from a single developer, so the project depends on one person.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Canine health: is it still maintained?

50 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    314 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 24 October 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    1 person wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 100% of them.
    2 / 20
  • Releases
    No releases published on GitHub.
    6 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 43% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 13 days.
    7 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Canine license: is it open source?

Canine uses Apache-2.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. August 2024First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayApache-2.0.

How to run Canine yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose.yml: 3 services (postgres)
Setup effort
2 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
English only

Install instructions: canine.sh or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Canine

Is Canine open source?

Yes. Canine is published under Apache-2.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Canine still maintained?

Its health score is 50 of 100 (actively developed). It had 314 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 24 October 2026.

How do I run Canine?

You can run it with Docker, on Kubernetes with the Helm chart in the repository. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Canine?

Close alternatives in the Self-hosting & PaaS category include Kubero, Dokku, Tsuru.