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Flynn

Next generation open source platform as a service
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What is Flynn?

Flynn lets you deploy apps with git push and containers. Developers can deploy any app to any cluster in seconds.
Flynn is a tool in the Platform as a Service category of a tech stack.
Flynn is an open source tool with 7.9K GitHub stars and 596 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Flynn's open source repository on GitHub

Who uses Flynn?

Companies
3 companies reportedly use Flynn in their tech stacks, including Brandfolder, SPIDR Tech, and Avril.

Developers
11 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Flynn.

Flynn Integrations

Git, Python, Node.js, Docker, and Java are some of the popular tools that integrate with Flynn. Here's a list of all 16 tools that integrate with Flynn.
Pros of Flynn
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Supports few types of containers:libvirt-lxc, docker
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PostgreSQL HA
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Easy setup
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12-factor methodology

Flynn's Features

  • Flynn goes beyond 12 factor apps. Run any Linux process written in any language or framework, even stateful apps on your own servers or any public cloud.
  • Scaling or adding a new cluster is simple: just add more nodes. Everything is containerized, Flynn takes care of distributing work across the cluster.
  • Flynn is 100% free and open source. Flynn works great out of the box, and since Flynn is modular and API-driven it's easy to modify and swap components to suit your needs.

Flynn Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Flynn?
Deis
Deis can deploy any application or service that can run inside a Docker container. In order to be scaled horizontally, applications must follow Heroku's 12-factor methodology and store state in external backing services.
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Dokku
It is an extensible, open source Platform as a Service that runs on a single server of your choice. It helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications from building to scaling.
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud application platform – a new way of building and deploying web apps. Heroku lets app developers spend 100% of their time on their application code, not managing servers, deployment, ongoing operations, or scaling.
Google App Engine
Google has a reputation for highly reliable, high performance infrastructure. With App Engine you can take advantage of the 10 years of knowledge Google has in running massively scalable, performance driven systems. App Engine applications are easy to build, easy to maintain, and easy to scale as your traffic and data storage needs grow.
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Flynn's Followers
48 developers follow Flynn to keep up with related blogs and decisions.