Flux-Orbit: Zero-Config Universal Deployment

Flux-Orbit: Zero-Config Universal Deployment

Flux-Orbit is a universal Docker deployment system that eliminates the need to write Dockerfiles entirely. Point Orbit at your source code, and it automatically detects your project type, installs dependencies, builds, and starts your application — all with zero configuration. It supports Node.js, Python, Rust, Go, Java, Bun, Ruby, and static sites.

How Orbit Works

1. 1

   Auto-detect project type

   Orbit scans your repository and identifies the language/framework based on files like package.json (Node.js), requirements.txt (Python), Cargo.toml (Rust), go.mod (Go), pom.xml (Java), etc.

2. 2

   Install dependencies

   Runs the appropriate package manager: npm install, pip install, cargo build, go build, etc.

3. 3

   Build the project

   Executes the standard build command for the detected framework (npm run build, python setup.py, etc.).

4. 4

   Start the application

   Launches the app using the detected start command (npm start, python app.py, ./binary, etc.).

Using Orbit

To deploy with Orbit, use the Docker image runonflux/orbit:latest as your repotag in the Flux app spec and pass your Git repository URL as an environment variable.

{
  "version": 4,
  "name": "my-orbit-app",
  "description": "Auto-deployed via Flux-Orbit",
  "owner": "YOUR_ZELID",
  "instances": 3,
  "compose": [
    {
      "name": "app",
      "repotag": "runonflux/orbit:latest",
      "ports": [3000],
      "containerPorts": [3000],
      "domains": ["myapp.example.com"],
      "environmentParameters": [
        "GIT_REPO_URL=https://github.com/user/my-python-app.git",
        "APP_PORT=3000"
      ],
      "commands": [],
      "containerData": "/appdata",
      "cpu": 0.5,
      "ram": 256,
      "hdd": 2
    }
  ]
}

Supported Languages

When to Use Which Deployment Method