[clace] AppServer which runs apps in containers

[akclace]

I have been building Clace, an appserver for deploying containerized apps. Docs are at clace.io.

Clace provides the same functionality as Nginx Unit, allow easily deploying apps in multiple languages with minimal setup. The way Clace does it is different, it uses containers. You install and start Clace server and you start Docker/Podman on the same machine. After that, any app which has a Dockerfile can be deployed. Clace will handle the image creation and container lifecycle, functioning as a web server and app server.

For many frameworks (python mainly right now), no Dockerfile is required, just specify the spec (like python-flask) to use. For other languages, your source repo should have a Dockerfile and you can specify --spec container --param port=8080, where the port number is the value within the container.

This community has lots of experience with multi-language app servers, your feedback would help fill in any gaps in Clace.