goodrain/rainbond

Rainbond is an open-source container platform that requires no Kubernetes expertise. Its core capabilities are 100% open source. It abstracts away infrastructure complexity and provides a unified way to deploy and manage business applications, AI-generated projects, open-source AI software, and large language model services. AI helps teams deploy

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An open-source container platform. No Kubernetes expertise required.

Build, deploy, assemble, and manage applications on Kubernetes through a graphical interface, without K8s expertise.

Website · Documentation

What is Rainbond?

Rainbond is an open-source container platform that requires no Kubernetes expertise. Its core capabilities are 100% open source.

It abstracts away infrastructure complexity and provides a unified way to deploy and manage business applications, AI-generated projects, open-source AI software, and large language model services. AI helps teams deploy and operate these workloads, keeping applications running reliably on their own servers or Kubernetes clusters.

Where to start

Your goalStart here
I use AI coding and want to deploy my projectInstall RainSkills
I want to try Rainbond without preparing a serverUse Rainbond Cloud
I want to run applications on my own servers or KubernetesInstall Rainbond privately
I want to deploy open-source applications such as Dify or RAGFlowVisit the Rainbond Application Marketplace
I am evaluating open-source container platformsExplore Rainbond's application management and delivery capabilities

What problems Rainbond solves

1. Deliver applications without deeply learning Kubernetes

Rainbond supports deploying applications from source code, container images, Docker Compose, Helm, or application templates. Its graphical interface and standardized workflows bring application dependencies, access, upgrades, and rollbacks into one place.

2. Make delivery in complex enterprise environments more reliable

Rainbond is especially suitable for:

  • Private deployment
  • Internal-network deployment
  • Offline delivery
  • Xinchuang adaptation
  • x86 to ARM migration validation

3. Standardize delivery with marketplace and templates

Rainbond is not only about “getting apps running”. It also provides:

  • Application templates
  • Application marketplace
  • One-click installation
  • One-click upgrade
  • Customer environment replication

4. Keep operations and delivery centered around the application

Rainbond emphasizes:

  • Application-level abstraction
  • Application topology and dependencies
  • Application upgrades and rollbacks
  • Delivery and operation across multiple environments and clusters

Why Rainbond

Lower barrier, not lower capability

Rainbond does not simply hide Kubernetes. It redistributes complexity:

  • The platform and operations teams absorb low-level concerns
  • Development and delivery teams focus on building, deploying, delivering, and operating applications

Better fit for complex enterprise environments

Many platforms are strong at cluster management.
Rainbond is stronger when the real problem is:

  • How to deliver applications
  • How to replicate delivery to customer environments
  • How to handle upgrades in offline environments
  • How to privately deploy AI applications

Stronger marketplace and standardized delivery capability

If what you really need is:

  • Template-based delivery
  • Marketplace reuse
  • Offline package export/import
  • Versioned upgrades and rollbacks

Rainbond is closer to the actual work.


How it differs from common platform choices

DimensionRainbondRancher / KubeSphere type platforms
Primary focusApplication delivery, application management, template reuseCluster governance, platform ops, Kubernetes management
Typical usersDevelopers, delivery teams, enterprise IT, platform ownersK8s admins, platform ops, cluster governance teams
Strongest scenariosPrivate deployment, offline, Xinchuang, marketplace delivery, AI privatizationMulti-cluster governance, resource management, platform ops
Learning curveLower, exposes less K8s detailRequires stronger K8s and platform governance knowledge

If you are in evaluation mode, start here:


Typical scenarios

  • Deliver applications without deeply learning Kubernetes
  • Privately deploy AI applications
  • Offline and internal-network delivery
  • Xinchuang and ARM migration
  • Enterprise marketplace and standardized delivery

Continue with:


Quick start

Requirements

  • Linux or macOS
  • Recommended: at least 2 CPU / 8GB RAM / 50GB disk

Quick install

Run:

curl -o install.sh https://get.rainbond.com && bash ./install.sh

Then open:

http://<your-ip>:7070

Next step

  1. Quick Install
  2. Deploy your first app
  3. Explore the Marketplace

Community and support


Contributing

If you want to contribute, start here:

We welcome:

  • Code contributions
  • Documentation improvements
  • User stories and technical writeups
  • Application template and plugin sharing


License

This repository is licensed under the Rainbond Open Source License, based on Apache 2.0 with additional conditions.

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application-delivery
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goodrain/rainbond

Rainbond is an open-source container platform that requires no Kubernetes expertise. Its core capabilities are 100% open source. It abstracts away infrastructure complexity and provides a unified way to deploy and manage business applications, AI-generated projects, open-source AI software, and large language model services. AI helps teams deploy

Go

6,272

4,720 commits

updated Oct 12, 2026

See the code

README

An open-source container platform. No Kubernetes expertise required.

Build, deploy, assemble, and manage applications on Kubernetes through a graphical interface, without K8s expertise.

Website · Documentation

What is Rainbond?

Rainbond is an open-source container platform that requires no Kubernetes expertise. Its core capabilities are 100% open source.

It abstracts away infrastructure complexity and provides a unified way to deploy and manage business applications, AI-generated projects, open-source AI software, and large language model services. AI helps teams deploy and operate these workloads, keeping applications running reliably on their own servers or Kubernetes clusters.

Where to start

Your goalStart here
I use AI coding and want to deploy my projectInstall RainSkills
I want to try Rainbond without preparing a serverUse Rainbond Cloud
I want to run applications on my own servers or KubernetesInstall Rainbond privately
I want to deploy open-source applications such as Dify or RAGFlowVisit the Rainbond Application Marketplace
I am evaluating open-source container platformsExplore Rainbond's application management and delivery capabilities

What problems Rainbond solves

1. Deliver applications without deeply learning Kubernetes

Rainbond supports deploying applications from source code, container images, Docker Compose, Helm, or application templates. Its graphical interface and standardized workflows bring application dependencies, access, upgrades, and rollbacks into one place.

2. Make delivery in complex enterprise environments more reliable

Rainbond is especially suitable for:

  • Private deployment
  • Internal-network deployment
  • Offline delivery
  • Xinchuang adaptation
  • x86 to ARM migration validation

3. Standardize delivery with marketplace and templates

Rainbond is not only about “getting apps running”. It also provides:

  • Application templates
  • Application marketplace
  • One-click installation
  • One-click upgrade
  • Customer environment replication

4. Keep operations and delivery centered around the application

Rainbond emphasizes:

  • Application-level abstraction
  • Application topology and dependencies
  • Application upgrades and rollbacks
  • Delivery and operation across multiple environments and clusters

Why Rainbond

Lower barrier, not lower capability

Rainbond does not simply hide Kubernetes. It redistributes complexity:

  • The platform and operations teams absorb low-level concerns
  • Development and delivery teams focus on building, deploying, delivering, and operating applications

Better fit for complex enterprise environments

Many platforms are strong at cluster management.
Rainbond is stronger when the real problem is:

  • How to deliver applications
  • How to replicate delivery to customer environments
  • How to handle upgrades in offline environments
  • How to privately deploy AI applications

Stronger marketplace and standardized delivery capability

If what you really need is:

  • Template-based delivery
  • Marketplace reuse
  • Offline package export/import
  • Versioned upgrades and rollbacks

Rainbond is closer to the actual work.


How it differs from common platform choices

DimensionRainbondRancher / KubeSphere type platforms
Primary focusApplication delivery, application management, template reuseCluster governance, platform ops, Kubernetes management
Typical usersDevelopers, delivery teams, enterprise IT, platform ownersK8s admins, platform ops, cluster governance teams
Strongest scenariosPrivate deployment, offline, Xinchuang, marketplace delivery, AI privatizationMulti-cluster governance, resource management, platform ops
Learning curveLower, exposes less K8s detailRequires stronger K8s and platform governance knowledge

If you are in evaluation mode, start here:


Typical scenarios

  • Deliver applications without deeply learning Kubernetes
  • Privately deploy AI applications
  • Offline and internal-network delivery
  • Xinchuang and ARM migration
  • Enterprise marketplace and standardized delivery

Continue with:


Quick start

Requirements

  • Linux or macOS
  • Recommended: at least 2 CPU / 8GB RAM / 50GB disk

Quick install

Run:

curl -o install.sh https://get.rainbond.com && bash ./install.sh

Then open:

http://<your-ip>:7070

Next step

  1. Quick Install
  2. Deploy your first app
  3. Explore the Marketplace

Community and support


Contributing

If you want to contribute, start here:

We welcome:

  • Code contributions
  • Documentation improvements
  • User stories and technical writeups
  • Application template and plugin sharing


License

This repository is licensed under the Rainbond Open Source License, based on Apache 2.0 with additional conditions.

ai-applications
application-delivery
application-runtime
cloud-native
devops
kubernetes
paas
platform-engineering
private-deployment
self-hosted

Project health

Overall

4.2/10

Maintained

10/10

Code review

1/10
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Latest release

v3.6.1+incompatible · Jul 11, 2018

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