Canine
Infrastructure
self-hosted paas
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
13 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 11 critical, out of 54 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 2 for, 5 againstDocs: 4 for, 2 againstPricing: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Wanted Heroku-like experience on own hardware
From 1 comment
First of all, I'm often looking for a better "Heroku-esque" experience on my own metal, so thank you! This looks neat! Also, your docs on how K8s works look really good, and…
TheTaytay on HN
Good docs on Kubernetes basics
From 1 comment
First of all, I'm often looking for a better "Heroku-esque" experience on my own metal, so thank you! This looks neat! Also, your docs on how K8s works look really good, and…
TheTaytay on HN
Cost savings versus PaaS pricing
From 2 comments
I've also always wondered why computing costs keep going down but cloud costs keep going up. You deserve an award for building this, thank you.
Everhusk on HNBrilliant if an entire industry becomes a commodity complement because some angry dev got fed up of paying $400. Love it!
bravesoul2 on HN
Objections
Not a true Heroku alternative if users must understand Kubernetes
From 1 comment
A Heroku alternative built on Kubernetes!? If I need to know what Kubernetes is, Helm charts and whatnot, it's not really a Heroku alternative for me. I understand for some,…
serial_dev on HN
Single VM setup is not production-grade
From 1 comment
At https://stacktape.com, we're also in the same space. We're offering Heroku-like experience on top of your own AWS account. I like what you're doing. But, to behonst, it's a…
matus_congrady on HN
Landing page does not answer git push or Procfile questions
From 1 comment
I used heroku manh years ago and i have fond memories of it. I think the landing page fails at answering the two most basic questions: 1. Can i deploy via a stupid simple “git…
znpy on HN
Requests
Support adding nodes to Hetzner install
From 2 comments
I think you do need to support being able to add more nodes to the Hetzner install. Then it'd be perfect.
varun_chopra on HNFirst of all, I'm often looking for a better "Heroku-esque" experience on my own metal, so thank you! This looks neat! Also, your docs on how K8s works look really good, and…
TheTaytay on HN
Review apps for ephemeral PR environments
From 1 comment
Any support (or timeline for support) for what heroku calls "review apps" (PRs automatically become ephemeral staged environment)? Skimming the docs and repo I didn't see any.
lotyrin on HN
Drag-and-drop deploys without GitHub
From 1 comment
Is there an option to just drag drop project files, instead of using GitHub? That’s how I prefer to test these out.
reassess_blind on HN
Clearer docs on single-machine setup
From 1 comment
The video example is a little confusing from a "I just want to self host the whole thing on a single machine/VM etc" perspective. If that's what I want to do, do I still have to…
indigodaddy on HN
Questions
How are storage and secrets handled
From 1 comment
I’m curious as to how storage and secrets are handled, since my recurring issue with Kubernetes is not deploying the containers or monitoring them but having a sane way to ensure…
rcarmo on HN
Can it upgrade helm charts safely
From 1 comment
Looks great! I'm definitely in the market for something like this; and building on top of helm charts makes me want to try it out. Can Canine automatically upgrade my helm…
film42 on HN
Alternatives named
Coolify
From 2 comments
I started using Coolify a few months ago — Do you have a “pitch” as to how Canine is different or better? Good work either way!
lloydjones on HNI found Coolify that solved the similar problem.
whitefang on HN
Kubero
From 1 comment
this is identical to https://www.kubero.dev/ the problem is that kubero, Idk they did not gain any traction. maybe most user want simple tools like coolify
tonyhart7 on HN
Dokku
From 1 comment
Are there any charts that can compare this to Dokku, the Open Source equivalent of Heroku?
chrisaiv on HN
CapRover
From 1 comment
How does this compare with caprover or dokku?
konexis007 on HN
Kamal
From 1 comment
Just use Kamal and deploy to a Hetzner instance
bpiroman on HN