Distr

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Every quote

The 14 most detailed of 14 comments. Each links to the original.

1. It puts a lot of pieces together end to end that are missing from building a deployment system around the defaults ArgoCD etc.

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

2. Distr already has a lot of features and can replace many other tools in your deployment stack

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

3. This pretty much does it all, but with bells and whistles on top!

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

4. Any chance you would consider avoiding the SSO tax and making it available for all tiers?

   Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

5. Starter package does not show SSO as being available.

   Criticizes · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

6. I think with the OpenTofu / Terraform support you're very close to enabling patterns that platform teams typically look for.

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

7. Our customers are able to land on-premises contracts at enterprises way faster than before

   Recommends · May 2026 · in “Should I Run Plain Docker Compose in Production in 2026?”

8. we want to make sure these companies know that our solution is a great fit for them

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

9. I have nothing but positive things to say about the team.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026)”

10. benefit from regular updates and continuous improvements

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

11. Distr is a modern Open Source alternative to Replicated

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

12. Distru is the #1 ERP in the cannabis industry.

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026)”

13. I think Distr could be a great fit.

    Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “Show HN: Distr 2.0 – A year of learning how to ship to customer environments”

14. Seems like an ad for whatever "Distr" is though

    Criticizes · May 2026 · in “Should I Run Plain Docker Compose in Production in 2026?”