$./zipops
ZipOps - https://zipops.wows.dev
Main Menu - Select an action
▶Deploy - Deploy K3s applications
K9s - Launch Kubernetes TUI
Destroy - Tear down the cluster
Exit - Quit ZipOps
Use ↑/↓ or k/j to navigate, Enter to select, q to quit

Stop Paying the Cloud Tax

Production-grade Kubernetes on Hetzner. One command. 90% cheaper than AWS. Fully yours.

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The Cloud is Eating Your Runway

Every month on AWS/GKE, you're burning money that could fund actual development. A 3-node production cluster that costs $700/mo on AWS runs for $25/mo on Hetzner. The math doesn't lie.

AWS / GKE from
$8,464
/year
Hetzner Raw from
$300
/year
ZipOps Stack from
$300
/year + one-time license
THE ESCAPE HATCH

One Binary. Production Infrastructure. Minutes.

ZipOps - https://zipops.wows.dev
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║                   🎉  CLUSTER INITIALIZED SUCCESSFULLY!  🎉                    ║
║                              You are ready to go.                              ║
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│                                                                                │
│                       Your web-site: https://kubegen.dev                       │
│                                                                                │
│                                   Authentik                                    │
│                                   ─────────                                    │
│                      Authentik: https://auth.kubegen.dev                       │
│                               username: akadmin                                │
│                             password: ************                             │
│                                                                                │
│                                    Longhorn                                    │
│                                    ────────                                    │
│                     Longhorn: https://longhorn.kubegen.dev                     │
│                                                                                │
│                                 Grafana Stack                                  │
│                                 ─────────────                                  │
│                      Grafana: https://grafana.kubegen.dev                      │
│                                username: admin                                 │
│                             password: ************                             │
│                                                                                │
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kubeconfig: ZipOps/secrets/kubeconfig
ssh keys: ZipOps/secrets/ssh_key
terraform folder: ZipOps/terraform/context
Your Kubernetes cluster is fully deployed and ready for use.
Explore your cluster with K9s or return to the main menu.
Tab: toggle credentials | ←/→: navigate | Enter: select | Q/Esc: main menu

ZipOps is a self-contained Golang binary that provisions a battle-tested Kubernetes stack on Hetzner Cloud. No PhD in DevOps required. No vendor lock-in. Standard K8s manifests you can take anywhere.

WHAT YOU GET

Enterprise-grade infrastructure. Indie-hacker price.

Kong + Cilium

North-South & East-West Networking

Enterprise API gateway with eBPF-powered service mesh. Handle millions of requests. Block bad actors at kernel level.

Longhorn

Distributed Block Storage

Replicated, self-healing storage across nodes. Your data survives node failures. No single point of failure.

Authentik

Identity & SSO

Single Sign-On for all your apps. OAuth2, SAML, LDAP out of the box. Stop managing passwords.

Grafana + Prometheus + Loki

Full Observability Stack

Metrics, logs, and dashboards pre-configured. Debug production issues instantly. No DataDog bills.

CloudNativePG

PostgreSQL for Kubernetes

Production PostgreSQL with automatic failover, backups, and connection pooling. Database that scales with you.

Harbor

Private Container Registry

Your own Docker registry with vulnerability scanning. Keep your images private and secure.

FROM ZERO TO PRODUCTION

Three Steps to Freedom

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01 Buy & Download!!!

One-time purchase. Download the binary for your OS. No subscription. No SaaS dependency.

terminal

02 Run One Command!!!

Point ZipOps at your Hetzner API key. Watch Terraform do its magic. ~30 minutes.

./zipops
rocket_launch

03 Deploy Forever!!!

Push your apps to standard Kubernetes. Scale infinitely. Sleep soundly. You own it.

Giovanni

Giovanni

Independent Developer

Why I Built This

I chose a different path. 5+ years living in a van, coding from mountains and beaches. 20+ years shipping software. I built my own production cloud because I refused to pay the rent-seekers. Now, I've packaged that architecture into a single binary.

If you want to know more about me, check out my about page.

"The corporate cloud is safe, but real independence is self-hosted.",
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Years Dev
5+
Years Van Life
~$70/mo
Infra Cost
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