Canine

What is Canine?

Canine is an open-source deployment platform designed to simplify the process of deploying and managing applications, offering a cost-effective and flexible alternative to traditional Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) providers like Heroku. It targets developers and teams who want to reduce hosting expenses, avoid vendor lock-in, and streamline their deployment workflows by leveraging their own compute resources or cheaper cloud providers while maintaining a Heroku-like user experience. Canine aims to abstract away the complexities of modern infrastructure, allowing users to focus on building their applications.

How to use Canine

Users can get started with Canine by signing up on their website, with no credit card required. The platform integrates with GitHub, automatically pulling code and building applications upon pushes. Deployments and rollbacks are managed through a single interface, and SSL certificates are automatically provisioned. Users can deploy various workloads (web apps, background jobs, cron jobs) and extend functionality with open-source add-ons. Canine supports deployment to over 200 cloud providers, allowing users to utilize their own servers or cheaper hosting options like Hetzner or Digital Ocean, effectively paying for compute at low rates while getting a simplified deployment experience. It also offers easy autoscaling and collaborative features for teams.

Canine's core features

GitHub Integration for automated builds and deployments

One-Click Deployment & Rollbacks for easy application management

Automatic SSL Certificate Management via Let's Encrypt

Simplifies Kubernetes for containerized application deployment

Supports Any Workload (web apps, background jobs, cron jobs)

Extensible with Open Source Add-Ons

No Vendor Lock-In, supporting over 200 cloud providers

Easy Autoscaling with no downtime

Collaborative features for team deployment without extra costs

Open Source and Free to use (self-hosted option)

Use cases of Canine

Developers seeking a cost-effective alternative to Heroku for deploying web applications.

Teams wanting to streamline their CI/CD pipeline with GitHub integration and one-click deployments.

Businesses aiming to reduce cloud hosting costs by utilizing cheaper providers like Hetzner or Digital Ocean while maintaining ease of use.

Users who need to deploy various types of applications, including web apps, background processes, and scheduled tasks.

Organizations looking to avoid vendor lock-in by deploying to multiple cloud providers with a consistent interface.

Developers who prefer to focus on coding rather than complex infrastructure configuration and DevOps tasks.

Teams requiring a collaborative deployment environment without incurring additional per-user costs.

Individuals or small teams wanting to self-host their deployment platform for maximum control and cost savings.