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Define and run multi-container apps in Kubernetes

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Healthchecks

Similarity 132Trust 93Excellent 100

Open-source cron job and background task monitoring service, written in Python & Django

10K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdevopsPythonDevOps

$ npx skills add healthchecks/healthchecks

Sh

Similarity 130Trust 87Excellent 100

Python process launching

7.2K starsJun 11, 2026 pushdevopsPythonDevOps

$ npx skills add amoffat/sh

Woodpecker

Similarity 126Trust 89Excellent 100

Woodpecker is a simple, yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility.

7.3K starsJun 19, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes

$ npx skills add woodpecker-ci/woodpecker

Microk8s

Similarity 125Trust 92Excellent 100

MicroK8s is a small, fast, single-package Kubernetes for datacenters and the edge.

9.3K starsJun 25, 2026 pushdevopsPythonKubernetes

$ npx skills add canonical/microk8s

Python

Similarity 124Trust 89Excellent 100

Official Python client library for kubernetes

7.6K starsJun 8, 2026 pushdevopsPythonKubernetes

$ npx skills add kubernetes-client/python

Podman

Similarity 121Trust 90Excellent 100

Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

32K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes

$ npx skills add podman-container-tools/podman

Rancher

Similarity 121Trust 90Excellent 100

Complete container management platform

26K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes

$ npx skills add rancher/rancher

Kuboard Press

Similarity 120Trust 89Excellent 100

Kuboard 是基于 Kubernetes 的微服务管理界面。同时提供 Kubernetes 免费中文教程，入门教程，最新版本的 Kubernetes v1.23.4 安装手册，(k8s install) 在线答疑，持续更新。

25K starsApr 4, 2026 pushdevopsJavaScriptKubernetes

$ npx skills add eip-work/kuboard-press

Gvisor

Similarity 120Trust 90Excellent 100

Application Kernel for Containers

19K starsJun 16, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes

$ npx skills add google/gvisor

#10

Kind

Similarity 120Trust 90Excellent 100

Kubernetes IN Docker - local clusters for testing Kubernetes

15K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes

$ npx skills add kubernetes-sigs/kind

#11

Kompose

Similarity 119Trust 90Excellent 100

Convert Compose to Kubernetes

11K starsJun 15, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes

$ npx skills add kubernetes/kompose

#12

Flannel

Similarity 119Trust 89Excellent 100

flannel is a network fabric for containers, designed for Kubernetes

9.5K starsJun 22, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes

$ npx skills add flannel-io/flannel

#13

Recommenders

Similarity 119Trust 92Excellent 100

Best Practices on Recommendation Systems

22K starsJun 14, 2026 pushdevopsPythonKubernetes

$ npx skills add recommenders-team/recommenders

#14

Ko

Similarity 119Trust 89Excellent 100

Build and deploy Go applications

8.5K starsJul 3, 2026 pushdevopsGoKubernetes

$ npx skills add ko-build/ko

#15

Dokploy

Similarity 119Trust 87Excellent 100

Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.

35K starsJun 17, 2026 pushdevopsTypeScriptDevOps

$ npx skills add Dokploy/dokploy

#16

Youki

Similarity 118Trust 89Excellent 100

A container runtime written in Rust

7.5K starsJun 22, 2026 pushdevopsRustKubernetes

$ npx skills add youki-dev/youki

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Use an alternative when it has a clearer install path, higher trust score, fresher maintenance, or better platform fit for your current agent stack. Keep Forge if it already passes your workflow test and repository review.

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