Comment by tbrockman
3 hours ago
Cool project, great work!
Forgive the uninformed questions, but given that `workerd` (https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd) is "open-source" (in terms of the runtime itself, less so the deployment model), is the main distinction here that OpenWorkers provides a complete environment? Any notable differences between the respective runtimes themselves? Is the intention to ever provide a managed offering for scalability/enterprise features, or primarily focus on enabling self-hosting for DIYers?
Thanks! Main differences: 1. Complete stack: workerd is just the runtime. OpenWorkers includes the full platform – dashboard, API, scheduler, logs, and self-hostable bindings (KV, S3/R2, Postgres). 2. Runtime: workerd uses Cloudflare's C++ codebase, OpenWorkers is Rust + rusty_v8. Simpler, easier to hack on. 3. Managed offering: Yes, there's already one at dash.openworkers.com – free tier available. But self-hosting is a first-class citizen.