hound

Hound

Self-hosted full-stack application running on a k3s cluster.
Provides authenticated access and internal routing for services, with a lightweight vanilla JavaScript frontend.

Overview

Hound is designed as a foundational service for self-hosted infrastructure.
It combines a backend API with a minimal frontend, deployed Kubernetes-native and secured via cluster-aware authentication.

Features

• Full-stack application (API + frontend)
• Vanilla JavaScript frontend (no framework)
• Authenticated access to internal services
• Kubernetes-native deployment (k3s)
• Environment-driven configuration

Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js / TypeScript
• Frontend: Vanilla JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• Runtime: Docker
• Orchestration: k3s (Kubernetes)
• Auth: Token-based
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions

Deployment

Deployed to a k3s cluster using Kubernetes manifests.

• Containerized services
• Secrets and config via Kubernetes resources
• Ingress handles routing and auth enforcement

Local Development

npm install
npm run dev
go run cmd/server/main.go