# apple-container alternatives: 12 Claude Code plugins like apple/container

apple-container has 50,938 stars, gained 128 in 7 days and was last pushed Oct 28, 2026; the top pick, portal-tunnel, has 291 stars and gained 4 in 7 days.

Published: Oct 23, 2026 · Updated: Oct 29, 2026 · Author: Flowy
Canonical: https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/apple-container

## How they compare

Flowy lists 28 other Cloud & Infrastructure plugins like apple-container, ranked by shared technologies, then GitHub stars; nothing in this list is paid.

| Plugin | Stars | 7 days | Updated | License | Contains |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | --- |
| [apple-container](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/apple-container) | 50,938 | +128 | Oct 28, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill |
| [portal-tunnel](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/gosuda-portal-tunnel) | 291 | +4 | Oct 27, 2026 | MIT | 3 skills |
| [keirouter](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/mydisha-keirouter) | 155 | – | Oct 20, 2026 | MIT | 8 skills |
| [reolink-cli](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/reolink-reolink-cli) | 117 | – | Oct 13, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 1 skill, 7 commands |
| [kubesphere](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/kubesphere-kubesphere) | 17,068 | +6 | Jul 15, 2026 | – | 32 skills |
| [aws-agent-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/itsmostafa-aws-agent-skills) | 1,169 | +1 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT | 18 skills |
| [docker-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/docker-skills) | 599 | +15 | Oct 27, 2026 | Apache-2.0 | 12 skills |
| [sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/aws-samples-sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering) | 276 | 0 | Oct 26, 2026 | MIT-0 | 6 skills, 1 agent, 11 commands |
| [alibabacloud-aiops-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/aliyun-alibabacloud-aiops-skills) | 275 | +11 | Oct 27, 2026 | – | 200 skills |
| [defang](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/defanglabs-defang) | 167 | 0 | Oct 29, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill, 1 MCP server |
| [azure-diagrams-skill](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/cmb211087-azure-diagrams-skill) | 153 | – | Jun 22, 2026 | MIT | 1 skill |
| [terraform-skill](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/antonbabenko-terraform-skill) | 2,430 | +9 | Oct 24, 2026 | – | 1 skill |
| [dstack](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/dstackai-dstack) | 2,291 | +9 | Oct 29, 2026 | MPL-2.0 | 3 skills |

## The 12 closest alternatives

1. [portal-tunnel](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/gosuda-portal-tunnel) (291 stars, +4 this week). Expose local services through self-hosted or public relays.No port forwarding. [portal-tunnel on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/gosuda-portal-tunnel)
2. [keirouter](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/mydisha-keirouter) (155 stars). Your friendly, blazing-fast, self-hostable AI gateway. [keirouter on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/mydisha-keirouter)
3. [reolink-cli](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/reolink-reolink-cli) (117 stars). Official command-line tool for Reolink IP cameras, doorbells and NVRs — LAN only, no cloud. [reolink-cli on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/reolink-reolink-cli)
4. [kubesphere](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/kubesphere-kubesphere) (17,068 stars, +6 this week). The container platform tailored for Kubernetes multi-cloud, datacenter, and edge management ⎈ 🖥 ☁️. [kubesphere on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/kubesphere-kubesphere) · [kubesphere alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/kubesphere-kubesphere)
5. [aws-agent-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/itsmostafa-aws-agent-skills) (1,169 stars, +1 this week). Supercharge Claude Code with AWS cloud engineering skills across 18 core AWS services. [aws-agent-skills on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/itsmostafa-aws-agent-skills) · [aws-agent-skills alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/itsmostafa-aws-agent-skills)
6. [docker-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/docker-skills) (599 stars, +15 this week). Docker-authored knowledge skills that improve AI coding agent output for Docker-related tasks. [docker-skills on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/docker-skills)
7. [sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/aws-samples-sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering) (276 stars, 0 this week). Reusable skills and steering that teach AI coding agents how to apply the AWS Well-Architected Framework. [sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/aws-samples-sample-well-architected-skills-and-steering)
8. [alibabacloud-aiops-skills](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/aliyun-alibabacloud-aiops-skills) (275 stars, +11 this week). Official Alibaba Cloud Agent Skills collection, providing AI agents with rich Alibaba Cloud product capabilities and general-purpose… [alibabacloud-aiops-skills on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/aliyun-alibabacloud-aiops-skills)
9. [defang](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/defanglabs-defang) (167 stars, 0 this week). Defang Deploy CLI. [defang on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/defanglabs-defang)
10. [azure-diagrams-skill](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/cmb211087-azure-diagrams-skill) (153 stars). A comprehensive technical diagramming toolkit for solutions architects, presales engineers, and developers. [azure-diagrams-skill on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/cmb211087-azure-diagrams-skill)
11. [terraform-skill](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/antonbabenko-terraform-skill) (2,430 stars, +9 this week). A best-practices skill for Terraform and OpenTofu, for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Codex, Kiro… [terraform-skill on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/antonbabenko-terraform-skill) · [terraform-skill alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/antonbabenko-terraform-skill)
12. [dstack](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/dstackai-dstack) (2,291 stars, +9 this week). A unified orchestration layer for heterogeneous AI compute. [dstack on Flowy](https://www.flowy.sh/listings/dstackai-dstack) · [dstack alternatives](https://www.flowy.sh/alternatives/dstackai-dstack)

## Questions about apple-container alternatives

### What is the best alternative to apple-container?

portal-tunnel is the first of 12 alternatives to apple-container by shared technologies: it has 291 stars (behind apple-container), gained 4 stars this week and ships 3 skills against 1 for apple-container.

### Which apple-container alternative has the most skills?

alibabacloud-aiops-skills has the most, with 200 skills of the 12 alternatives listed. apple-container has 1.

### Is apple-container free?

Yes. apple-container is published under the Apache-2.0 license, so it is free to use.

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