Awesome Cloud ☁️

A curated list of awesome cloud computing resources, services, frameworks, and tools.

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Contents

• Providers
• Infrastructure as Code
• Containers & Orchestration
• Serverless
• CI/CD
• Monitoring & Observability
• Networking
• Databases & Storage
• Security
• Cost Management
• Hybrid & Multi-Cloud
• Learning Resources
• Community
• Contributing
• License

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Providers

• AWS - Amazon Web Services.
• Azure - Microsoft Azure.
• Google Cloud - Google Cloud Platform.
• OCI - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• IBM Cloud - IBM’s cloud platform.
• DigitalOcean - Developer-friendly cloud provider.
• Linode - Simple, affordable cloud computing.
• Vultr - Global cloud hosting.
• Hetzner Cloud - Cost-effective cloud in Europe.
• Flying Circus - NixOS-powered cloud for IaC and managed application operations.

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Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform - Infrastructure as Code tool by HashiCorp.
• Pulumi - Modern IaC using real programming languages.
• AWS CloudFormation - AWS-native IaC.
• Azure Bicep - Declarative IaC for Azure.
• Crossplane - Control plane framework for Kubernetes.
• Ansible - Automation for cloud provisioning and configuration.
• SaltStack - Infrastructure automation and configuration management.

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Containers & Orchestration

• Docker - Build, ship, and run applications in containers.
• Kubernetes - Container orchestration system.
• Helm - Kubernetes package manager.
• OpenShift - Enterprise Kubernetes platform.
• Nomad - Simple and flexible workload orchestrator.
• Rancher - Kubernetes management platform.
• Portainer - Lightweight management UI for Docker/Kubernetes.

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Serverless

• AWS Lambda - Event-driven compute service.
• Azure Functions - Event-driven serverless compute.
• Google Cloud Functions - Lightweight event-driven functions.
• OpenFaaS - Serverless functions with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knative - Kubernetes-based platform for serverless workloads.
• Kubeless - Serverless framework on Kubernetes.
• Serverless Framework - Build and deploy serverless apps.

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CI/CD

• GitHub Actions - Automate workflows directly in GitHub.
• GitLab CI/CD - Built-in CI/CD for GitLab.
• CircleCI - Fast, flexible CI/CD platform.
• Argo CD - Declarative GitOps CD for Kubernetes.
• Flux - GitOps for Kubernetes.
• Spinnaker - Continuous delivery platform.
• Tekton - Kubernetes-native CI/CD system.

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Monitoring & Observability

• Prometheus - Monitoring and alerting toolkit.
• Grafana - Analytics & monitoring dashboard.
• Datadog - Monitoring and security platform.
• New Relic - Observability platform.
• OpenTelemetry - Observability framework for cloud-native software.
• ELK Stack - Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Loki - Prometheus-style log aggregation.

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Networking

• Istio - Service mesh for microservices.
• Linkerd - Lightweight service mesh.
• NGINX - High-performance load balancer and reverse proxy.
• HAProxy - Reliable load balancing and proxying.
• Consul - Service discovery and service mesh.
• Envoy - Edge and service proxy.

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Databases & Storage

• Amazon RDS - Managed relational databases.
• Cloud Spanner - Global distributed database.
• Cosmos DB - Globally distributed NoSQL database.
• MongoDB Atlas - Fully managed MongoDB.
• Cassandra - NoSQL database for scalability.
• MinIO - High-performance object storage.
• Ceph - Distributed object, block, and file storage.

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Security

• HashiCorp Vault - Secrets management and data protection.
• Trivy - Security scanner for containers and IaC.
• Falco - Runtime security for Kubernetes.
• AWS Security Hub - Centralized security findings.
• Azure Security Center - Unified security management.
• Snyk - Find and fix vulnerabilities in dependencies.
• Clair - Static analysis of vulnerabilities in containers.

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Cost Management

• Kubecost - Kubernetes cost monitoring.
• Infracost - Cost estimates for Terraform.
• AWS Cost Explorer - Analyze AWS costs.
• Azure Cost Management - Track and control Azure spending.
• GCP Cost Tools - GCP pricing calculator.

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Hybrid & Multi-Cloud

• Anthos - Google’s hybrid/multi-cloud platform.
• Azure Arc - Extend Azure services anywhere.
• AWS Outposts - Run AWS infrastructure on-premises.
• VMware Tanzu - Build, run, manage across clouds.
• HashiCorp Consul - Multi-cloud service discovery & networking.
• DataRaven - Managed cloud object storage transfers for multi-cloud workflows.

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Learning Resources

• FreeCodeCamp Cloud Curriculum
• Awesome AWS
• Awesome Kubernetes
• Awesome Serverless
• Cloud Native Landscape
• Google Cloud Training
• Microsoft Learn: Azure
• AWS Training

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Community

• CNCF - Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
• Reddit: r/cloud
• Dev.to Cloud Tag
• Stack Overflow Cloud
• Cloud Native Community Groups

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Related Lists

• Awesome DevTools
• Awesome AI Coding Tools

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! 🎉 Please check out the contribution guidelines before submitting a PR.

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License

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