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27 terms in this category.

Ansible

tool

An agentless automation tool for configuration management, application deployment, and task automation using YAML playbooks.

automationconfiguration-managementyaml

Apache Cassandra

tool

A distributed NoSQL database built for high availability and massive scalability across data centers.

databasenosqldistributed-systems

Apache Kafka

tool

A distributed event streaming platform for high-throughput, real-time data pipelines and streaming.

streamingmessagingdistributed-systems

Bash

tool

The Bourne Again Shell — the default command-line interpreter on most Linux distributions and the lingua franca of shell scripting.

shellterminaldevelopment

Ceph

tool

An open-source distributed storage system providing object, block, and file storage in a single unified platform.

storagedistributed-systemscloud-native

Claude Code

tool

Anthropic's agentic AI coding assistant that lives in your terminal, capable of editing files, running commands, and more.

aideveloper-toolscli

Codex

tool

OpenAI's agentic coding assistant CLI that can autonomously write, debug, and refactor code using GPT models.

aideveloper-toolscli

containerd

tool

An industry-standard container runtime that manages the complete container lifecycle, from image transfer to execution and supervision.

containersruntimecloud-native

Docker

tool

A platform for building, shipping, and running applications in lightweight, portable containers.

containersvirtualization

Git

tool

A distributed version control system that tracks changes in source code, enabling collaboration and history management.

version-controlsource-codecollaboration

Grafana

tool

An open-source analytics and visualization platform for monitoring data, commonly paired with Prometheus.

monitoringvisualizationdashboards

Helm

tool

The package manager for Kubernetes that simplifies deploying and managing applications using reusable charts.

kubernetespackagingdeployment

Jenkins

tool

An open-source automation server for building, testing, and deploying software through customizable pipelines.

ci-cdautomationjava

MongoDB

tool

A document-oriented NoSQL database that stores data as flexible JSON-like documents.

databasenosqldocument-store

MySQL

tool

A widely used open-source relational database known for its speed and reliability.

databaserelationalopen-source

OpenCode

tool

An open-source AI coding assistant for the terminal, providing an extensible and transparent alternative to proprietary tools.

aideveloper-toolsopen-source

OpenTelemetry(OTel)

tool

A vendor-neutral, open-source observability framework for generating, collecting, and exporting telemetry data.

observabilitytelemetrycloud-native

Podman

tool

A daemonless, rootless container engine that provides a Docker-compatible CLI without requiring a background service to run.

containersdaemonlesssecurity

PostgreSQL

tool

A powerful open-source relational database known for standards compliance and extensibility.

databaserelationalopen-source

Prometheus

tool

An open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit designed for reliability and scalability in cloud-native environments.

monitoringmetricsalerting

Puppet

tool

A configuration management tool that uses declarative code to automate infrastructure provisioning and system configuration.

configuration-managementautomationinfrastructure

RabbitMQ

tool

A reliable open-source message broker supporting multiple messaging protocols like AMQP.

messagingqueueamqp

SaltStack

tool

An event-driven automation and configuration management platform built for speed and scale using a master-minion architecture.

configuration-managementautomationevent-driven

Swagger

tool

A suite of API development tools and the original name for the specification now known as OpenAPI.

apidocumentationopenapi

Terraform(TF)

tool

An infrastructure-as-code tool that lets you define and provision cloud resources using declarative config files.

iacprovisioninghashicorp

Vitess

tool

A database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL, originally built at YouTube and now a CNCF graduated project.

databasesscalingcloud-native

Z Shell(ZSH)

tool

An extended Bourne shell with powerful features for interactive use, scripting, and customization.

shellterminaldevelopment