[dkyc]

Flynn could really make a dent in the PaaS space, although they seem to have a problem communicating their value proposition. I understand it's something like an open-source version of Heroku? If they take all the hassle out of deployments (everything that happens between git push and bare metal), I see a lot of Heroku users that are sick and tired of paying outrageous 35$ a month could flock over to them.

[archseer]

One of the maintainers here, we do agree that documentation and getting our message across a bit more clearer is our primary priority.

One of our major advantages is that we're a bit more ambitious about deploys and we try not to limit you to a certain format: you can deploy any type of application on Flynn, not just web apps, but regular applications and services like databases, mail servers and so on. We then let you connect all of these together via service discovery. Meaning that instead of limiting you to a plugin system, Flynn allows you to write your own "plugins" that behave just like regular apps.

[benologist]

Flynn seems to be focusing on the deployment side of things but that's only 1/2 of the value Heroku offers which is a fully managed platform. You take on that responsibility with Flynn.