Gately vs OKD
Gately and OKD are both containers software. Gately is open source under Apache-2.0, with 477 GitHub stars. OKD is open source under Apache-2.0, with 2.1k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Gately when
- You run a homelab or NAS behind a home router and want DDNS, certificates and a reverse proxy in one console instead of several separate tools.
- Pick OKD when
- You want OpenShift's developer and operations features without a Red Hat subscription and can support it yourself.
Side by side
A single binary that manages the edge of a home network or small server from a web console: dynamic DNS, STUN NAT traversal, port forwarding, reverse proxy, ACME certificates, a web application firewall, frp, Tailscale and Cloudflare Tunnel. It also ships as a native app for fnOS and runs on OpenWrt.
The community distribution of Kubernetes that Red Hat OpenShift is built from, with built-in builds, routing, a web console and automatic cluster upgrades.
It is three weeks old, handles certificates and exposed ports so a flaw matters, and the default admin password in the quick start must be changed.
Community releases have lagged OpenShift at times, the install needs substantial hardware, and there is no vendor support.
Experimental
Usable
Self-hosted server (both)
Go, Vue and TypeScript
Kubernetes, CentOS Stream CoreOS and Go
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive) (both)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice. (both)
477 GitHub stars
2.1k GitHub stars
New: started under a month ago, latest release v0.6.4.1.
Established: started 7 years ago, latest release 5.0.0-okd-scos.5.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-06 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.