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Argo vs Flocker: What are the differences?

Argo: Container-native workflows for Kubernetes. Argo is an open source container-native workflow engine for getting work done on Kubernetes. Argo is implemented as a Kubernetes CRD (Custom Resource Definition); Flocker: Run your databases in Docker and make them as portable as the rest of your app. Flocker is a data volume manager and multi-host Docker cluster management tool. With it you can control your data using the same tools you use for your stateless applications. This means that you can run your databases, queues and key-value stores in Docker and move them around as easily as the rest of your app.

Argo and Flocker can be primarily classified as "Container" tools.

Argo and Flocker are both open source tools. Argo with 3.25K GitHub stars and 455 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Flocker with 3.19K GitHub stars and 287 GitHub forks.

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Pros of Flocker
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    Open Source
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    Autosinchronize the changes to deploy
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    Online service, no need to install anything
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    Open-Source
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    Easily manage Docker containers with Data
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    Easy setup
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    Great support from their team
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    Multi-host docker-compose support
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    Only requires docker

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What is Argo?

Argo is an open source container-native workflow engine for getting work done on Kubernetes. Argo is implemented as a Kubernetes CRD (Custom Resource Definition).

What is Flocker?

Flocker is a data volume manager and multi-host Docker cluster management tool. With it you can control your data using the same tools you use for your stateless applications. This means that you can run your databases, queues and key-value stores in Docker and move them around as easily as the rest of your app.

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