https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack
Free and Open Source PaaS-platform for seamless management of virtual machines, managed Kubernetes, and Databases-as-a-Service
https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack
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Free and Open Source PaaS-platform for seamless management of virtual machines, managed Kubernetes, and Databases-as-a-Service
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack
- Owner: cozystack
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2023-11-21T23:14:54.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-03-07T21:17:14.000Z (11 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-07T22:19:08.500Z (11 months ago)
- Topics: cloud, clusterapi, hacktoberfest, kubernetes, kubevirt, kvm, self-hosted, talos
- Language: Smarty
- Homepage: https://cozystack.io
- Size: 7.82 MB
- Stars: 1,106
- Watchers: 25
- Forks: 70
- Open Issues: 105
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS
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# Cozystack
**Cozystack** is a free PaaS platform and framework for building clouds.
Cozystack is a [CNCF Sandbox Level Project](https://www.cncf.io/sandbox-projects/) that was originally built and sponsored by [Ænix](https://aenix.io/).
With Cozystack, you can transform a bunch of servers into an intelligent system with a simple REST API for spawning Kubernetes clusters,
Database-as-a-Service, virtual machines, load balancers, HTTP caching services, and other services with ease.
Use Cozystack to build your own cloud or provide a cost-effective development environment.

## Use-Cases
* [**Using Cozystack to build a public cloud**](https://cozystack.io/docs/guides/use-cases/public-cloud/)
You can use Cozystack as a backend for a public cloud
* [**Using Cozystack to build a private cloud**](https://cozystack.io/docs/guides/use-cases/private-cloud/)
You can use Cozystack as a platform to build a private cloud powered by Infrastructure-as-Code approach
* [**Using Cozystack as a Kubernetes distribution**](https://cozystack.io/docs/guides/use-cases/kubernetes-distribution/)
You can use Cozystack as a Kubernetes distribution for Bare Metal
## Documentation
The documentation is located on the [cozystack.io](https://cozystack.io) website.
Read the [Getting Started](https://cozystack.io/docs/getting-started/) section for a quick start.
If you encounter any difficulties, start with the [troubleshooting guide](https://cozystack.io/docs/operations/troubleshooting/) and work your way through the process that we've outlined.
## Versioning
Versioning adheres to the [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) principles.
A full list of the available releases is available in the GitHub repository's [Release](https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/releases) section.
- [Roadmap](https://cozystack.io/docs/roadmap/)
## Contributions
Contributions are highly appreciated and very welcomed!
In case of bugs, please check if the issue has already been opened by checking the [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/issues) section.
If it isn't, you can open a new one. A detailed report will help us replicate it, assess it, and work on a fix.
You can express your intention to on the fix on your own.
Commits are used to generate the changelog, and their author will be referenced in it.
If you have **Feature Requests** please use the [Discussion's Feature Request section](https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack/discussions/categories/feature-requests).
## Community
You are welcome to join our [Telegram group](https://t.me/cozystack) and come to our weekly community meetings.
Add them to your [Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=ZTQzZDIxZTVjOWI0NWE5NWYyOGM1ZDY0OWMyY2IxZTFmNDMzZTJlNjUzYjU2ZGJiZGE3NGNhMzA2ZjBkMGY2OEBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t) or [iCal](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/e43d21e5c9b45a95f28c5d649c2cb1e1f433e2e653b56dbbda74ca306f0d0f68%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics) for convenience.
## License
Cozystack is licensed under Apache 2.0.
The code is provided as-is with no warranties.
## Commercial Support
A list of companies providing commercial support for this project can be found on [official site](https://cozystack.io/support/).