Accelero

GitOps-powered Docker deployment automation with zero downtime.

What is Accelero?

Accelero brings GitOps to Docker Compose environments. It manages multiple deployment stacks — each stack is a git repository containing a docker-compose.yaml that defines the desired state of your services. Accelero continuously compares what's in git against what's actually running on your Docker host, and deploys to converge.

Think of it as ArgoCD for Docker Compose — git is the source of truth, drift is detected and corrected, and deployments happen automatically with zero downtime.

Quick Start

Run Accelero as a Docker container:

docker run -d \
  --name accelero \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v accelero-data:/data \
  -e API_KEY=your-secure-key \
  arbianshkodra/accelero

Then create your first stack:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/stacks \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: your-secure-key" \
  -d '{
    "name": "my-app",
    "repo_url": "https://github.com/your-org/your-gitops-repo",
    "repo_username": "your-username",
    "repo_token": "your-token",
    "compose_path": "docker-compose.yaml",
    "auto_deploy": true,
    "reconcile_interval_seconds": 300
  }'

Accelero will clone your repo, parse the compose file, and deploy all services. Every 5 minutes it will check for drift and auto-deploy if anything has changed.

For detailed setup instructions, see the Introduction and Usage Overview sections.