podi
podi is a lightweight GitOps utility, approximately 7KB in size, that transforms servers into Platform-as-a-Service environments using only Git and SSH. It supports baremetal, podman, docker, kubernetes, and uses bubblewrap for sandboxing. The tool enables a Heroku-like deployment workflow by initializing a server over SSH, then deploying applications through Git pushes. It is multitenant, supporting multiple branches and SSH users simultaneously. Key features include a hackable PaaS and GitOps designer embedded directly in the repository, templates for containerizing applications and auto-suspending services, and a hookable system for extending deployments with custom build steps. Pre-built recipes cover baremetal and containerized runs, web CLI modes, port-activated autosuspend services, and docker-compose stacks. podi requires only SSH and Git to be installed on the target server. It runs efficiently on minimal hardware such as a Raspberry Pi Zero while scaling up to Kubernetes clusters. Custom recipes can