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Comparison · Infra & APIs
Dokku vs projoint
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Dokku and projoint — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Dokku vs projoint: at a glance
What is Dokku?
Dokku is quietly turning into a k3s front-end with a JSON-first CLI.
The 0.38 patch line keeps shipping small releases with real features in them. v0.38.27 drops the local-image requirement for k3s deploys, reports Traefik DNS-provider variables as global keys, adds storage directory mode and removal flags, and introduces a vector-cron-sink so scheduled cron output has somewhere to go. It follows v0.38.26, which brought wildcard domains, custom cert issuers, and kernel sysctls to the k3s scheduler.
What is projoint?
projoint spent a year on CRAN paperwork, then shipped a correctness fix it flagged itself.
projoint is an R package for analysing conjoint survey experiments, covering Qualtrics import, reshaping, and quantity-of-interest estimation with inter-rater reliability correction. Most of its release history is CRAN admission work — citation formats, DESCRIPTION fields, \value{} tags, vignette cleanups — with four tags backfilled within ninety seconds of each other on 15 July in non-monotonic version order, so neither tag order nor timestamps in this feed track the real sequence. The substantive releases are the ones fixing data-preparation bugs that silently corrupt estimates.
Dokku vs projoint: editorial side-by-side
Dokku
5.0INFRA · APIS
Dokku is quietly turning into a k3s front-end with a JSON-first CLI.
◆ Current state
The 0.38 patch line keeps shipping small releases with real features in them. v0.38.27 drops the local-image requirement for k3s deploys, reports Traefik DNS-provider variables as global keys, adds storage directory mode and removal flags, and introduces a vector-cron-sink so scheduled cron output has somewhere to go. It follows v0.38.26, which brought wildcard domains, custom cert issuers, and kernel sysctls to the k3s scheduler.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads run through almost every release: closing the gap between the k3s scheduler and the classic single-host path, and making every command machine-readable. The k3s work has moved from basic scheduling to the operational details — certificates, DNS, sysctls, and now deploys that no longer assume a local Docker image — which is the sequence a project follows when it expects the Kubernetes path to become the default rather than the alternative.
◆ Prediction
Expect the remaining k3s parity gaps to keep closing one release at a time, and expect the logging work started with vector-cron-sink to extend to other task types that currently have no sink.
projoint
2.5INFRA · APIS
projoint spent a year on CRAN paperwork, then shipped a correctness fix it flagged itself.
◆ Current state
projoint is an R package for analysing conjoint survey experiments, covering Qualtrics import, reshaping, and quantity-of-interest estimation with inter-rater reliability correction. Most of its release history is CRAN admission work — citation formats, DESCRIPTION fields, \value{} tags, vignette cleanups — with four tags backfilled within ninety seconds of each other on 15 July in non-monotonic version order, so neither tag order nor timestamps in this feed track the real sequence. The substantive releases are the ones fixing data-preparation bugs that silently corrupt estimates.
◆ Where it's heading
The maintainer is hardening the path from raw Qualtrics export to estimate, which is where conjoint analysis quietly goes wrong. Three separate releases fix that path: dropped respondent-level weights in organize_data(), repeated-task reshaping in reshape_projoint(), and choice-to-profile mapping in 1.1.3. Each fix now arrives with regression tests and stricter validation rather than just a patch, and 1.1.3 adds an explicit .choice_map so the mapping is auditable instead of inferred.
◆ Prediction
Expect the validation-and-regression-test pattern to keep extending across the import path, with releases continuing to arrive in bursts around CRAN submission rather than on a cadence.
Alternatives to Dokku and projoint
Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Dokku or projoint.
eratosthenes
eratosthenes spends 0.1.0 hardening inputs rather than adding chronology methods.
dqcheckr
dqcheckr adds drift analysis, then removes the YAML a user had to hand-write.
lifecontingencies
An actuarial mainstay spends its releases on CI plumbing, not on new mathematics.
EDAForge
EDAForge is a data-quality auditor renamed mid-flight, still finding its CRAN footing.
inti
inti keeps compounding small statistics and publishing tools for plant-science labs.
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Recent activity from Dokku and projoint
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 7d agoDokkuk3s deploys drop the local-image requirement; cron output gains a sink
- 10d agoDokkuWildcard domains and custom cert issuers land on k3s
- 17d agoprojointExplicit .choice_map guards choice-to-profile mapping
- 28d agoDokkuCommand injection fix, plus per-app Let's Encrypt on k3s
- 1mo agoDokkuDependency bumps and buildpack documentation
- 1mo agoDokkuCertificate CN parsing fixed for OpenSSL 3.x
- 1mo agoprojointCRAN submission housekeeping for DESCRIPTION and examples
- 1mo agoprojointCRAN formatting pass; minor make_projoint_data() fix
- 1mo agoprojointreshape_projoint() repeated-task bug fixed; validation tightened
- 1mo agoprojointCitation metadata updated with the CRAN DOI
- 1mo agoDokkuJSON output spreads across reports and plugin lists
- 5mo agoprojointorganize_data() no longer drops respondent-level weights
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Dokku and projoint?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Dokku is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Dokku better than projoint?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Dokku is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Dokku?
Top Dokku alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Dokku alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/dokku for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to projoint?
Top projoint alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "projoint alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/projoint for the full list with editorial commentary on each.