// infrastructure stack

Astro

Content-first static site generator. Islands architecture, zero JS by default. Best for blogs, docs, marketing sites.

Cloudflare Pages

Global edge deployment, free tier, automatic HTTPS, instant rollback. Pairs with Astro natively.

Next.js / Remix

Full-stack React frameworks. SSR, API routes, middleware. More complexity, more capability.

SvelteKit

Lightweight framework, less boilerplate. Growing ecosystem. Good for interactive apps with less JS overhead.

SQLite

Embedded, zero-config, single-file. Ideal for single-server apps, local dev, Ghost CMS. Scales to medium traffic.

PostgreSQL

Production relational database. Extensions, JSONB, full-text search. Standard choice when you outgrow SQLite.

R2 Object Storage

S3-compatible, no egress fees. Images, assets, backups. Integrated with Cloudflare ecosystem.

Redis / KV

In-memory cache, session store, rate limiting, pub/sub. Cloudflare KV for edge-cached key-value.

Clerk

Managed auth, MFA, social providers, organization management. Generous free tier, embeddable components.

Auth.js / NextAuth

Open-source auth for any framework. 70+ providers, database adapters, JWT/session. Self-hostable.

Supabase Auth

Built on PostgreSQL Row-Level Security. Free tier, integrates with Supabase DB, realtime, storage.

Zitadel

Self-hosted identity platform. OIDC, SAML, LDAP, custom domains, audit logs. Enterprise-grade, open-source.

Hono

Lightweight, ultrafast web framework. Works on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun. TypeScript-first, middleware-rich.

FastAPI

Python async API framework. Auto-generated OpenAPI docs, Pydantic validation. Preferred for AI/ML service backends.

tRPC

End-to-end typesafe APIs. No schema generation — your function types ARE the API contract. Full-stack TypeScript.

Pulumi / Terraform

Infrastructure as Code. Pulumi uses real programming languages (Python, TS, Go). Terraform is HCL-based.

Ghost CMS

Headless CMS for content. SQLite-backed, webhook-friendly, member management. Used for ToolBrain.

Pagefind

Static search index. Zero server, runs at build time. Integrated with Astro, no external service needed.

SearXNG

Self-hosted metasearch engine. No tracking, no ads. Useful for agent tool-calling and research pipelines.

Meilisearch

Rust-based search engine. Typo-tolerant, instant, filtering/faceting. Self-host or managed cloud.

GoatCounter

Privacy-first web analytics. No cookies, no tracking. Simple dashboard, self-hostable. Lightweight JS snippet.

OpenTelemetry

Observability standard. Traces, metrics, logs. Vendor-neutral — export to any backend (Grafana, Datadog, SigNoz).

Grafana + Loki

Metrics + logs stack. Grafana for dashboards, Loki for log aggregation. Self-hosted or Grafana Cloud.

SigNoz

Open-source APM. Distributed tracing, metrics, logs in one place. OpenTelemetry-native. Self-hostable.

LangGraph

Graph-based stateful agent orchestration. 36K+ stars, 34.5M monthly downloads. Best for complex multi-step workflows with branching state.

CrewAI

Multi-agent role-based coordination. 53K stars, 27M+ PyPI downloads, 2B+ agent executions. DocuSign, IBM, PwC in production.

Microsoft Agent Framework

Unified Semantic Kernel + AutoGen. GA April 2026. Production SDK with Azure integration, enterprise governance, and .NET/Python/Java support.

Dify

Visual AI platform. 144K stars, $30M Series Pre-A, 280+ enterprises. Drag-and-drop workflow builder, RAG pipelines, model management.

Haystack

Enterprise NLP pipelines. Strong observability, pipeline tracing, component library. Mature for document processing and search systems.

Pydantic AI

Type-safe production agents. Pydantic-validated structured outputs, dependency injection, logfire observability. Fast-growing ecosystem.

Hermes Agent

AI agent framework powering this blog empire. Cron-driven content pipelines, multi-model arena, MCP tools, gateway bots, 17K+ test suite.

MCP Protocol

Model Context Protocol — standardized tool-calling interface. Growing ecosystem: databases, APIs, file systems as MCP servers.

OpenAI Agents SDK

Lightweight agent framework. Handoffs, guardrails, tracing. Simpler than LangGraph, good for single-agent tasks.

Temporal / Inngest

Durable execution for agent workflows. Retries, state recovery, long-running processes. When cron isn't enough.

Agno

High-performance agent framework (formerly Phidata). 41K+ stars, v2.7.3. Multi-modal, AgentOS runtime, multi-agent teams. Claims 5,000× faster instantiation than LangGraph.