[OpenRun] AppServer which runs apps in containers

[akclace]

I have been building OpenRun, an appserver for deploying containerized apps. Docs are at openrun.dev.

OpenRun provides the same functionality as Nginx Unit, allow easily deploying apps in multiple languages with minimal setup. The way OpenRun does it is different, it uses containers. You install and start OpenRun server and you start Docker/Podman on the same machine. After that, any app which has a Dockerfile can be deployed. OpenRun will handle the image creation and container lifecycle, functioning as a web server and app server.

For many frameworks (python mainly right now), no Dockerfile is required, just specify the spec (like python-flask) to use. For other languages, your source repo should have a Dockerfile and you can specify --spec container --param port=8080, where the port number is the value within the container.

Do try it out and let me know any feedback