OpenAppStack

OpenAppStack will offer self-managed click-and-play auto-updated provisioning of necessary software for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). A user will be able to log in using multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Single Sign On (SSO) to all of these tools using a (self-)hosted instance of the OpenAppStack, running at a cloud provider like AWS, Eclips.is or Greenhost, an alternative infrastructure provider or even on their own hardware.

OpenAppStack will initially package the most popular services used by CSOs: file sharing and shared calendars, internal communications, video conferencing, and a single sign-on and sign-off solution for this services. For tool developers OpenAppStack will provide CI/CD and (functional) testing hooks as well as APIs to integrate the setup process into the user interface, allowing additional applications to become supported and included.

OpenAppStack is built around a “single-tenant” cloud model, which means that every organization will have its own OpenAppStack system setup, running on one or more cloud instances (using low-level virtualization). The individual applications within the stack are containerized. This model optimizes between the cost efficiency of containerization and the security benefits of full virtualization (between tenants).