Wouldn't be a cloud list without a link to Parse alternatives, since Parse was kinda the working definition of "cloud backend" for a long time.
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- "Serverless" The serverless architecture, usually implying smaller atoms of functionality executing on cloud servers.
- Adaptable GitHub-based cloud deployment.
- Amazon Dynamo A fully managed NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability. DynamoDB lets you offload the administrative burdens of operating and scaling a distributed database so that you don't have to worry about hardware provisioning, setup and configuration, replication, software patching, or cluster scaling.
- Amazon S3 (and Glacier) Storage for the internet.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Huge collection of cloud-hosted services.
- Apache.org The Apache site is a collection of numerous open-source projects, in all stages of life (incubating, maintained, archived).
- appery.io A low-code tool for building presentation tiers.
- AppHarbor A fully hosted .NET Platform as a Service.
- Awesome (lists) (Project Awesome) A curated collection of lists.
- Azure Huge collection of cloud services.
- Azure DevOps A collection of Azure tools for managing software development pipelines.
- Azure Messaging A collection of Azure messaging-related links.
- Bicep A domain-specific language (DSL) that uses declarative syntax to deploy Azure resources.
- Breeze (BreezeJS, Breeze#) Rich data for Javascript apps.
- Cadl A language for describing cloud service APIs and generating other API description languages, client and service code, documentation, and other assets.
- Cerbos Authorization as a service (or library), decoupled from actual code.
- Choreo Low-code cloud native engineering for API developers. Engineer in low-code and pro-code simultaneously.
- Cloud Adoption Patterns
- Cloud Design Patterns A pattern catalog from Microsoft about how to architect cloud applications.
- CloudFoundry An open source project with an open contribution and open governance model that gives users maximum flexibility to avoid vendor lock-in.
- CloudMorph Decentralize and self-host cloud gaming/application.
- CockroachDB A prime example of NewSQL with ACID guarantee of SQL and the scale of NoSQL. CockroachDB is open source and freely available for cloud-native and hybrid deployments. SQL. Geo-location of data. Horizonatal Scale. ACID transactions.
- Convox Deploy, scale, and manage your applications with ease on a Kubernetes-based open source platform.
- CosmosDB Microsoft's proprietary globally-distributed, multi-model database service "for managing data at planet-scale" launched in May 2017. It is schema-agnostic, horizontally scalable and generally classified as a NoSQL database.
- Disqus Cloud-based discussion/threads system suitable for use by any static HTML-based site.
- Ecstasy (XTC) An object-ish language designed to be cloud native from the ground up.
- EngineYard Easy Ruby on Rails deployment to AWS
- Farmer F-sharp bindings to Azure management APIs?
- FaunaDB A global serverless database that gives you ubiquitous, low latency access to app data, without sacrificing data correctness and scale.
- Firebase A (pseudo)real-time NoSQL that also has platform capabilities.
- Forem An open source platform for building modern, independent, and safe communities.
- Free Programming Books A collection of free learning resources (books).
- gh (Github CLI) The official GitHub CLI tool.
- gh (Github CLI) command reference Output from the "gh reference" command (on 8 April 2022).
- Github Popular open-source cloud repository built around Git.
- Github Actions Server-side pipeline execution on the GitHub platform.
- GitHub Apps Applications for execution as part of a GitHub pipeline.
- GitHub Tools A collection of Git/GitHub-flavored tools.
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Huge collection of cloud services.
- Heroku Cloud host, owned by Salesforce, offering developer-friendly cloud deployment.
- IllaCloud A low-code platform for developers to build internal tools in minutes.
- Kalix Removes the hurdles of distributed data, distributed systems and all underlying architecture complexity.
- Klotho Applies static analysis to create an adaptive architecture based on in-code annotations it introduces. It also produces the files needed to deploy, run and operate the application in your cloud of choice.
- Kudu The engine behind git/hg deployments, WebJobs, and various other features in Azure Web Sites.
- Kumulos Secure, easy to use mobile app messaging & management platform
- Launchrock A launch site in minutes to capture early users and supercharge your marketing.
- MailChimp Email/marketing platform.
- Mastodon Free, open-source decentralized social media platform.
- MediaCloud An open-source platform for media analysis.
- Netlify JAMstack-focused cloud platform.
- Nitric A framework for cloud and serverless apps.
- Ockam A suite of open source tools, programming libraries, and managed cloud services to orchestrate end-to-end encryption, mutual authentication, key management, credential management, and authorization policy enforcement – at massive scale.
- OpenTelemetry High-quality, ubiquitous, and portable telemetry to enable effective observability.
- Parse Alternatives Since Parse's departure, many cloud hosts have declared themselves to be Parse's logical successor; this is a collection of those links.
- RapidAPI World’s largest API marketplace.
- Replit Build software collaboratively from anywhere in the world, on any device, without spending a second on setup.
- Superblocks A programmable IDE for developers to build any internal app, workflow, or scheduled job.
- Syncano A development platform for building more, faster by leveraging existing backend code.
- Temporal A developer-first, open source platform that ensures the successful execution of services and applications (using workflows).
- Vercel.com Static and JAMstack deployment workflow/infrastructure.
- Vonage (Developer) Integrate sms, voice, video and two-factor authentication into your apps with Vonage communication APIs.
- VSync A new option for cloud computing that can enable reliable, secure replication of data even in the highly elastic first-tier of the cloud.
- Vultr Deploy high performance cloud servers, cloud GPUs, bare metal, and cloud storage worldwide.
- Webscript.io Webscripts are short scripts, written in Lua, that run on our servers. They can respond to HTTP requests or run as cron jobs.
- Wing A cloud-oriented programming language that elevates the developer experience by combining infrastructure and runtime code, minimizing the complexity of the cloud.
Last modified 14 January 2022