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Orchard is currently in closed beta. You need an invitation to an organization to get started. Contact the Hack Club team to request access.

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What is Orchard?

Orchard is a Kubernetes-native deployment platform built by Hack Club. It provides an intuitive interface for deploying containerized applications without needing to write complex Kubernetes manifests or manage cluster infrastructure directly.

Quick Start

Deploy your first application in under 5 minutes

Concepts

Understand how Orchard organizes your resources

Deployments

Learn about deployment options and build systems

Networking

Expose your applications to the world

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Key Features

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Container Orchestration

Deploy containers from Docker images or build directly from your GitHub repositories. Orchard handles image building, registry management, and Kubernetes deployment automatically.

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Team Collaboration

Organize your work with organizations, workspaces, and projects. Invite team members with role-based permissions and manage access across your entire infrastructure.

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Built-in Networking

Expose your applications with internal services or public ingresses. Configure custom domains with automatic TLS certificate management.

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Persistent Storage

Attach volumes to your deployments for databases, file storage, and any workloads requiring persistent data.

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How Orchard is Organized

Orchard uses a three-tier hierarchy to organize your resources: 
Organization
└── Workspace
    └── Project
        ├── Deployments
        ├── Services
        ├── Ingresses
        └── Volumes
  • Organizations are the top-level container, typically representing your team or company
  • Workspaces group related projects together, such as by environment (production, staging) or team
  • Projects contain your actual deployments and are isolated in their own Kubernetes namespace

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Next Steps

Create Your First Deployment

Follow our quickstart guide to deploy an application

Set Up Your Team

Learn how to invite team members and manage permissions