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What is Basin?

A local development environment system and deploy tool based on docker and distributed as a docker image.

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Features​

  • Run local environments as close as possible to production.
  • Use the same tools and services for different projects.
  • Configure every project in its own code repository.
  • Have a web proxy to run many projects at once.
  • Standardize tooling for a team.
  • Abstract from the complexity of other tools like docker-compose.

Why so much docker?​

There is many advantages to rely on docker.

  • The only dependency to run is docker so setup and installation is a breeze.
  • Cleaner setup for you environment as the images and container can be removed.
  • No other tools or frameworks are needed to run an app like databases or webservers.
  • Better portability and reusability.
  • No reconfiguring on different hosts.
  • Easier updates.