Distr by Glasskube Launches: The Open Source Control Plane for Self-Managed, BYOC, and On-Prem Deployments

Distr by Glasskube recently launched!

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^{"Connect Distr to GitHub and deploy anywhere in hours—not months."}

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^{TLDR: Distr is an Open source control plane for AI companies. Glasskube customers plug them into their existing CI/CD pipeline to offer BYOC and self-managed in hours, not months.}

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^{Distr is fully open source. Check out the repository on GitHub. (The founders would appreciate a star 🌟).}

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Founded by Philip Miglinci & Louis Weston‍

Hi everyone! Meet Philip and Louis, the co-founders of Glasskube. They are excited to share Distr.

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“Self-managed is making a big comeback.” — Shay Banon, Founder of Elastic

The founders spoke with Shay (pictured in the middle in the photo above) earlier this month, and they couldn’t agree more.

• Enterprises want control.
• Data is valuable.
• Security concerns are rising.
• Data sovereignty is now critical, especially in the age of AI.

This shift has been building for a while and is accelerating rapidly, particularly in Europe, Singapore, and regulated industries around the world.

If you're building AI tooling and selling to large customers, how often have you been asked: “Can we run this inside our VPC?”

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So why isn’t everyone offering self-managed?

Big players like ClickHouse, Snowflake, and Redpanda figured it out early. But for smaller teams, supporting self-managed deployments often feels out of reach. Too much effort, not enough return.

Self-managed often means:

• Too much complexity, too early.
• Every customer wants something different.
• Shipping updates is slow and painful.
• You’re flying blind, no usage insights.
• Troubleshooting without visibility is brutal.

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The Solution

Distr is your Open Source control plane for self-managed, BYOC, and on-prem deployments. It gives you everything you need out of the box to support self-managed customers without building a custom solution from scratch. Distr fits right into your existing stack and lets you onboard, update, and support self-managed customers in minutes, not months. Just connect your GitHub repo and you’re up and running.

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• Simple GitHub integration: Connect your repo and start shipping in minutes.
• Works with your stack: Supports Docker Compose, Terraform, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes.
• Deploys anywhere: AWS, GCP, Azure, on-prem, and even air-gapped environments.
• White-label customer portal: Give your customers full control and visibility into their deployments.
• Built-in OCI registry: Track image downloads and updates at the user and tag level.
• Advanced telemetry: Collect detailed usage and performance metrics with OpenTelemetry.
• Flexible licensing: Restrict access to versions and features with our Open Feature-compatible licensing server.
• API-first and automation-ready: Fully integratable via API and SDK for custom workflows.

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https://youtu.be/FkSWkudlHJw

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Coming soon

• Built in CVE scanning and automated security checks for all artifacts.
• HubSpot Integration.
• Workflows with Slack Notifications.

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First self managed customer?

Zero to one is the hardest. From your first PoC to a working Helm Chart and your first self-managed production deployment—the founders have done it all, many times over. That’s why they support you during your first self-managed customer and why using Distr is an unfair advantage.

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Learn More

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^{🌐 Visit glasskube.dev to learn more.}

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^{⚡ Try it for free and give us feedback or book a demo.}

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