What is a container?
A container is a tidy, self-contained box that holds a program and everything it needs to run, bundled together so it behaves the same no matter which computer it lands on. Think of a food truck: the kitchen, ingredients, and recipes travel together, so the truck can park anywhere and still serve the same meal.
Why containers matter to you
Software used to be fussy. A program might work on one machine and fail on the next because something underneath was slightly different. Containers end that. The program carries its own surroundings with it, so "it works on our machine" and "it works on yours" become the same thing.
What this means in plain terms
- Reliable. The app runs the same way every time it starts.
- Quick to set up. We can launch a ready-made app in minutes instead of days.
- Tidy. Each app lives in its own box, so one misbehaving app doesn't knock over the others sharing the computer.
How we use them
Our Apps plan runs popular open-source programs for you as containers, think of it as "our AWS, for small business": one-click logins (Keycloak), file storage (Nextcloud), a publishing platform (Ghost), code hosting (Gitea), status pages (Uptime Kuma), simple visitor stats (Umami), databases (PostgreSQL or MySQL), automation (n8n), or your own container. Each one is monitored, backed up, and redundant across two cities, and you never touch the plumbing.
See the full list of apps on our services page.