SpinKube was launched in March 2024 by Fermyon Technologies, with contributions from companies like Microsoft, SUSE, and Liquid Reply. It is an open-source project that streamlines the experience of developing, deploying, and operating WebAssembly workloads on Kubernetes.
If you want deploy apps with the same underlying WebAssembly technology in a managed environment, take a look at Fermyon Cloud.
Focus
- Serverless Applications: Fast resource-efficient deployment of serverless apps on WebAssembly.
- Compatibilty: Compatible with Kubernetes distributions and platforms for running SpinKube. (Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and more)
- Streamlined Development: Simplifies the development and management of applications through tools like the Spin Operator.
Key Features
- Autoscaling: The ‘spin kube’ plugin for Kubernetes autoscaler support. Dynamically adjust application replicas based on resource usage.
- Cold Start Performance: Achieve cold start speeds under one millisecond, significantly enhancing responsiveness and resource utilization.
- Key-Value Store: Configure an application with an external key value provider (Redis, Valkey, and Azure Cosmos DB).
- OCI Registries: Package and distribute Spin Apps with public or private OCI compliant registries.
