materia

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A self-hosted alternative to Vercel Heroku

GNU General Public License v3.0Open Source — No PaywallSource · Binary · Docker6 active committers (12mo)

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Materia is a GitOps-oriented management tool for services and applications deployed as Podman Quadlets. It is aimed at operators who want a declarative workflow for installing, updating, and removing...

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Features

GitOps manifest polling
component installation
Quadlet and data file management
file templating with variables and secrets
service startup and restart on updates
resource cleanup when unassigned
root-full and rootless support

Details

Last Updated: Oct 31, 2026
Created: Jun 26, 2025
Install Methods: sourcebinarydocker
Requirements: Podman 5.4 or higherSystemd v254 or higherAMD64 or ARM64 architecturedbus-broker (for dbus locking, if used)
API: REST
Backup & Export: file-backup
Privacy & Independence: No Cloud Required
Deployment: Deployment: Container image available

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