Apache Mesos
mesos.apache.org ↗Open sourceSelf-hostable
Program against your data center like it’s a single pool of resources.
CategoryOpen Source Cloud Platforms
PricingFree, open source
Self-hostableYes
Repositoryapache/mesos
LicenseApache-2.0
LanguageC++
Last activityMay 2026Slowing
Repository
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Forks1.7k
Open issues11
Last pushMay 2026
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