Introduction to Helyos

Understand what Helyos is, how it compares to other orchestrators, and how its pieces fit together.

📄️What is Helyos?

Helyos is a single-daemon, single-CLI container orchestrator that delivers most of Kubernetes' value with a fraction of its complexity.

An honest comparison of Helyos with Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and HashiCorp Nomad — and guidance on when to pick which.

A high-level mental model of Helyos — the helyos CLI, the helyosd daemon, and what happens when you deploy a service.