Uncloud
Infrastructure
container orchestration
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30points
8comments
#1,650of 3,837 in 2025
Top 44%of 2025 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Commenter liked the project and hopes it gains traction
From 1 comment
Loved this project. I hoe this project gets enough traction
rava-dosa on HN
Objections
Volume storage and data replication are not handled; regular Docker volumes are unsupported
From 2 comments
I don’t understand the storage story, imo different apps deal differently with replication and there’s no « one size fits all ». How are compose volumes replicated? Is split…
jackhalford on HNI see, so off the top of my head I’m thinking if uncloud could host some of my containers: nextcloud, plex, radarr, transmission, listmonk, linkding. And it seems its no better…
jackhalford on HN
Stateful apps with SQLite or filesystem state have no clear HA replication path
From 1 comment
I see, so off the top of my head I’m thinking if uncloud could host some of my containers: nextcloud, plex, radarr, transmission, listmonk, linkding. And it seems its no better…
jackhalford on HN
Requests
Clearer storage and volume replication story
From 1 comment
I don’t understand the storage story, imo different apps deal differently with replication and there’s no « one size fits all ». How are compose volumes replicated? Is split…
jackhalford on HN
Questions
How are compose volumes replicated and is split brain handled?
From 1 comment
I don’t understand the storage story, imo different apps deal differently with replication and there’s no « one size fits all ». How are compose volumes replicated? Is split…
jackhalford on HN
Alternatives named
Kubernetes (single-node)
From 2 comments
I don’t understand the storage story, imo different apps deal differently with replication and there’s no « one size fits all ». How are compose volumes replicated? Is split…
jackhalford on HNNo I don’t really need HA, for most of my services high availability comes last. I moved to k8s for learning purposes, I stayed because I like it. When I decide to move some…
jackhalford on HN
Docker Compose
From 1 comment
No I don’t really need HA, for most of my services high availability comes last. I moved to k8s for learning purposes, I stayed because I like it. When I decide to move some…
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