Open Source Mesosphere DCOS Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Mesosphere DCOS is Kubernetes. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Mesosphere DCOS and eight of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Mesosphere DCOS are Rancher, Dokku, Rancher Desktop and Nebula Container Orchestrator.

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  1. Kubernetes icon

    Kubernetes

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    Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers.

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    • Online
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    Rancher

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    Rancher is an open source container management platform built for organizations that deploy containers in production. Rancher makes it easy to run Kubernetes everywhere, meet IT requirements, and empower DevOps teams.

    37 Rancher alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Dokku

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    Docker powered mini-Heroku in around 100 lines of Bash.

    40 Dokku alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Rancher Desktop icon

    Rancher Desktop

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    Rancher Desktop is an open-source desktop application for Mac, Windows and Linux. It provides Kubernetes and container management. You can choose the version of Kubernetes you want to run. You can build, push, pull, and run container images.

    47 Rancher Desktop alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Nebula Container Orchestrator icon

    Nebula Container Orchestrator

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    Nebula container orchestrator aims to help devs and ops treat IoT devices just like distributed Dockerized apps. It aim is to act as Docker orchestrator for IoT devices as well as for distributed services that can span thousands of devices worldwide.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    OpenFaas

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    OpenFaaS® makes it easy for developers to deploy event-driven functions and microservices to Kubernetes without repetitive, boiler-plate coding. Package your code or an existing binary in a Docker image to get a highly scalable endpoint with auto-scaling and metrics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Vamp icon

    Vamp

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    Vamp, or the Very Awesome Microservices Platform, takes the pain out of running complex and critical service based architectures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    The pain is gone. Microservices are even easier than before.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Vamp is Free and Open SourceMesosphere DCOS is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Knative

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    Kubernetes-based platform to deploy and manage modern serverless workloads.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
     
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