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Serverless backend for SaaS

Automation pipelines for enterprises

Edge computing for IoT solutions

Data processing pipelines

Event-driven integrations for cloud platforms

Enhanced observability and metrics

Better edge and multi-cloud support

Improved developer experience with CLI/UI

More function templates for languages and runtimes

Community growth and enterprise adoption

Applications needing ultra-low latency

Teams unfamiliar with containers/Kubernetes

Very simple apps better served by managed serverless

Projects where cold-starts are unacceptable

Applications requiring complex inter-service orchestration not suited to FaaS

OpenFaaS is an open-source serverless framework for Docker/Kubernetes.

Enables event-driven functions with automatic scaling.

Supports multiple languages, triggers, and deployment targets.

Ideal for microservices, automation, CI/CD, and edge computing.

Focuses on simplicity, portability, and cloud-agnostic serverless.

Is OpenFaaS free?

Yes - open-source under MIT license.

Can OpenFaaS run locally?

Yes, with Docker or Minikube.

Does OpenFaaS support multiple languages?

Yes, via function templates.

Can it auto-scale to zero?

Yes, scale-to-zero reduces resource usage when idle.

Is OpenFaaS cloud-agnostic?

Yes, runs on Docker, Kubernetes, or Swarm on any cloud.