Each template wires together multiple recipes into a single, ready-to-launch workspace. Click any template to see exactly which boxes it provisions, with links to every recipe inside.
Latest Ubuntu 26.04 LTS base with modern tooling, ready for development and production workloads.
Lightweight single-node Kubernetes cluster using K3s, ready for development and testing.
Single-node Python development environment with common tooling and package management ready to go.
Run Meta Llama 3.2 locally with OpenWebUI for a private, fully offline AI chat experience.
All-in-one CI/CD pipeline setup
Ansible control node with three Ubuntu 24.04 target machines, ready for playbook development and automation practice.
Emulate AWS services locally and manage them with Terraform. No cloud account or credits required.
Proxmox hypervisor paired with Terraform for VM provisioning practice using infrastructure as code.
Docker engine with Portainer web UI for visual, browser-based container management.
Full LGTM stack with metrics, logs, and distributed traces pre-configured and ready to use.
Three-node Kubernetes cluster
Single-node K3s cluster pre-wired with ArgoCD for GitOps, plus a Gitea box to host the repositories.
Enterprise-grade Rocky Linux
Single-node K3s cluster pre-wired with FluxCD for GitOps reconciliation, plus a Gitea box for source-of-truth repositories.
Classic LAMP stack with PHP, MySQL, and Apache pre-configured for web development.
Clean Node.js development environment with npm and essential tooling pre-installed.
Node.js backend with MongoDB and Nginx out of the box, ready for full-stack JavaScript development.
HAProxy directing traffic to two Nginx backends alongside Caddy, ideal for hands-on load balancing and routing practice.
n8n self-hosted workflow automation platform for connecting APIs, services, and databases with visual, node-based pipelines - no vendor lock-in.
Jenkins with Docker executor and Nginx reverse proxy for a production-ready CI pipeline.
Single-node K3s cluster with Longhorn installed for cloud-native block storage and persistent volumes.
Self-hosted GitLab with an attached runner for complete source control and CI/CD in one workspace.
Go development environment with PostgreSQL and Redis pre-wired for modern backend service work.
PostgreSQL and MySQL side by side, managed through the CloudBeaver web UI in a single workspace.
Ready-to-use Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with all dependencies pre-installed.
Heavyweight 8-billion-parameter variant served through Ollama on a single GPU-capable host, fronted by an OpenWebUI chat interface. Requires roughly 16 GB of RAM and is tuned for longer-context reasoning tasks.
Run TinyLlama with OpenWebUI for a lightweight, resource-friendly local AI setup.
Run DeepSeek locally with OpenWebUI for advanced reasoning and coding assistance, fully offline.
Run Alibaba Qwen locally with OpenWebUI for a private, multilingual AI assistant.
Python development with PostgreSQL and Redis pre-wired, ready for Django, FastAPI, or Celery projects.
Single-node K3s cluster with Istio ingress gateway installed for service-mesh and traffic-management experiments.
Clean Go development environment with the standard toolchain and editor support pre-installed.
Clean Ruby development environment with rbenv and common gems ready to go.
Clean PHP development environment with Composer and popular extensions pre-installed.
Clean Java development environment with JDK and Maven pre-installed.
Android development environment with full SDK and build tools pre-installed.
Terraform development environment with CLI, provider plugins, and linting tools ready.
Ansible development environment with playbook tooling, linting, and role scaffolding ready.
Rails-ready box with PostgreSQL and Redis pre-wired for Sidekiq and Action Cable.
Java build environment with Gradle and PostgreSQL, ready for Spring or Jakarta EE projects.
Rootless Podman runtime with Portainer UI for Docker-alternative container management training.
Apache HTTP Server, the battle-tested modular web server for hosting static sites, PHP applications, and reverse-proxying backends with mature configuration and a rich module ecosystem.
ArgoCD ready for GitOps-driven continuous delivery to Kubernetes, automatically synchronizing cluster state from declarative manifests stored in Git.
Caddy web server with automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt, ideal for quickly serving static sites, APIs, and reverse proxies with a minimal, human-friendly configuration.
ClamAV antivirus engine ready for on-demand and scheduled scanning of files, archives, and mail gateways to detect trojans, viruses, and malware.
CloudBeaver web-based database management console supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite and many more - browse schemas, run queries, and edit data from a single browser tab.
Clean Debian 12 (Bookworm) base with apt and the broad Debian package ecosystem - a stable, universal foundation for scripts, services, and custom stacks.
Docker Engine ready for building, shipping, and running containers, with Compose for orchestrating local multi-service stacks out of the box.
Elastic Filebeat pre-installed for shipping logs from files, containers, and system services to Elasticsearch, Logstash, or Kafka with minimal overhead.
Google's Gemma 3 (1B) language model served locally via Ollama with OpenWebUI - a compact, efficient open-weights model suitable for resource-friendly on-device AI.
Self-hosted Gitea Git service with web UI, pull requests, issues, and wiki - a lightweight, fast alternative to GitHub or GitLab for private repositories.
Self-hosted GitLab instance for source control, merge requests, issue tracking, container registry, and CI/CD pipelines in a single unified DevOps platform.
Standalone GitLab Runner agent for executing CI/CD pipeline jobs, ready to be registered against any GitLab instance or self-hosted project.
Gradle build toolchain with a JDK and VSCode ready for developing, building, and testing Java and Kotlin projects with modern build automation.
Standalone Grafana instance for building dashboards and visualizing metrics, logs, and traces from Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, SQL databases, and many other sources.
Grafana Loki log aggregation system for cost-effective, label-indexed storage and querying of logs at scale, pairing naturally with Grafana for visualization.
Grafana Mimir, a horizontally scalable time-series database for long-term storage and fast querying of Prometheus-compatible metrics at massive scale.
Grafana Tempo, a high-scale distributed tracing backend for storing and querying traces across microservice architectures, integrating naturally with Grafana.
High-performance HAProxy TCP/HTTP load balancer and reverse proxy for distributing traffic across backend services with health checks, SSL termination, and ACL-based routing.
Harbor enterprise container registry with image signing, vulnerability scanning, RBAC, and replication - ready to host your Docker and OCI images privately.
Ubuntu desktop running the i3 tiling window manager for a keyboard-driven, resource-light graphical workflow tailored to power users.
Jenkins automation server for orchestrating build, test, and deployment pipelines, backed by a huge ecosystem of plugins and integrations.
Single-node K3s cluster with Traefik ingress pre-installed for routing and TLS termination.
Ubuntu desktop with the feature-rich KDE Plasma environment, delivering a polished, highly customizable graphical workspace accessible from the browser.
Kubernetes-in-Docker (kind) set up for running local multi-node Kubernetes clusters inside containers - ideal for development, experimentation, and CI testing.
LocalStack pre-configured to emulate AWS services on your machine, letting you develop and test cloud applications against S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and more without touching a real AWS account.
macOS development environment with iOS Simulator, VS Code, and browser-based noVNC access - a ready sandbox for building and testing Apple-platform apps.
Ubuntu with the traditional MATE desktop environment, continuing the familiar GNOME 2 experience while keeping a light resource footprint.
Metabase business intelligence platform for visually exploring data, building dashboards, and sharing reports across your team without writing SQL.
MinIO S3-compatible object storage server for cloud-native applications, data lakes, and local S3 testing - no AWS account required.
MongoDB document-oriented NoSQL database ready for flexible, schema-less storage, powering applications that need to iterate quickly on data models.
MySQL relational database server with transactional storage, ready to back production web applications, development stacks, and data-driven services.
Sonatype Nexus universal artifact repository, ready to host Maven, npm, Docker, PyPI, and other build dependencies for your team in one place.
Nginx high-performance web server and reverse proxy, ready for serving static assets, load balancing, and fronting application backends.
OpenClaw, a locally-run autonomous AI assistant that executes complex tasks and manages your workflow without sending data to external services.
OpenWebUI, a polished web interface for interacting with local or remote LLMs, letting you chat with models on your own terms and keep prompts private.
pgAdmin web-based PostgreSQL administration console with query tool, schema browser, and management UI for local and remote databases.
Podman daemonless, rootless container engine - a drop-in Docker alternative for running OCI containers and pods with a security-focused architecture.
Portainer web-based management UI for Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes - a visual dashboard to inspect, deploy, and control containers from one place.
PostgreSQL relational database server with transactional guarantees and advanced SQL features - a rock-solid backend for applications, analytics, and services.
Proxmox Virtual Environment, an open-source virtualization platform for managing KVM virtual machines and LXC containers through a unified web UI.
Redis in-memory data store for caching, session management, pub/sub messaging, and real-time applications that demand microsecond latency.
Stable Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) base - a reliable long-term-support foundation for production workloads, scripts, and custom stacks.
Browser-accessible VS Code editor with extension support, perfect for polyglot development directly inside a remote workspace.
WordPress content management system pre-configured with a backing database - the fastest way to stand up a blog, website, or CMS-driven project.
Ubuntu with the lightweight XFCE desktop environment - a traditional, low-resource graphical shell accessible straight from the browser.