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np — Nano Platform

Deploy like Kubernetes. Simple like Compose.

np is a deployment platform for small-to-medium teams that need production-grade capabilities without production-grade complexity.

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Quick Start 

# 1. Install
curl -fsSL https://np.run/install.sh | bash

# 2. Initialize
np init

# 3. Deploy your first service
np deploy my-app

# 4. Check status
np status

# 5. View logs
np logs my-app

Why np?

If you use… You get… But miss…
Docker Compose Simplicity Health checks, auto-restart, multi-node
Kubernetes Full orchestration Complexity, resource overhead, ops burden
Bare Nomad Scheduling Battery-included experience
np Single binary. Real platform. Nothing you need.

What’s in the box

np bundles the best open-source infrastructure into one coherent platform:

np Architecture
Layer Component Role
Scheduler Nomad Job placement, rolling updates, health checks
Service Discovery Consul Service registry, health checking, DNS
Ingress Traefik Reverse proxy, automatic TLS, routing
Observability OpenObserve Logs, metrics, dashboards — one pane of glass
CLI np Single command to rule them all

Managed

np status — know exactly what’s running where.

[OK] api-gateway          3/3 running, healthy
[OK] user-service         2/2 running, healthy
[OK] auth-service         1/1 running, healthy
[OK] frontend             1/1 running, healthy

Lightweight

Runs on a Raspberry Pi. Or a 10-year-old server. Or your laptop.

  • Single binary CLI (< 20 MB)
  • No dependencies beyond Linux
  • 100 nodes, 500+ services without tuning

Batteries Included

No assembly required. No YAML engineering. No glue code.

# np.yaml — your entire deployment config
name: my-app
binary: ./my-app
health_check: /health
resources:
  cpu: 100m
  memory: 128mb

One file. One command. Done.

When NOT to use np

np is purpose-built. It’s not for everything.

  • ❌ Not for 1000+ node clusters — that’s Kubernetes territory
  • ❌ Not for multi-cloud orchestration — use Terraform + K8s
  • ❌ Not for serverless/FaaS — different paradigm

For teams with 3-15 servers running 20-200 services, np is the right tool.

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