Platform

LGF standardizes how business platforms are deployed, governed, repaired, moved, and operated.

LGF infrastructure should be ownable banner

Infrastructure should be ownable, governed, and operationally predictable.

Supported Workload Classes

LGF supports multiple platform classes through one operational model. Development-marked items below are labeled Coming Soon.

ERP Workloads Identity Services Collaboration Platforms AI Workloads Rendering Workloads Development Platforms Business Operations Systems

What Is a Bench?

A bench is a complete governed platform deployment, not just an app instance.

Operationally Self-Contained

Each bench carries declared configuration, runtime expectations, and lifecycle intent.

Lifecycle Managed

Benches are operated through governed workflows for deploy, verify, repair, backup, restore, and update.

Portable and Recoverable

Benches can be moved or restored while preserving operational behavior and support boundaries.

Contract Governed

Declared contracts define what a bench is allowed to do and how it is operated over time.

Platform Lifecycle

LGF treats lifecycle as governed operations, not manual administrator routines.

Deploy

Initialize a bench into known-good operational state through declared inputs and controlled execution.

Verify

Confirm drift boundaries, runtime expectations, and declared artifact state before operating changes.

Repair

Reconcile invalid or drifted state through governed repair workflows rather than one-off fixes.

Backup

Capture recoverable bench state as part of continuity workflows, not as optional ad-hoc actions.

Restore

Return benches to known-good state with repeatable restore workflows and explicit operational control.

Update

Apply framework and library evolution through controlled change paths with verifiable outcomes.

Retire

Decommission benches through governed procedures that preserve operational traceability and handoff clarity.

Platform Library Coverage

This is the current platform catalog LGF is validating across business operations, development, identity, collaboration, AI, infrastructure, creative, and delivery workloads.

Business Operations

Integrated operational systems for ERP, HR, support, and telephony workflows.

Frappe / ERPNext

Business application platform based on Frappe Framework.

Development & DevOps

Self-hosted software lifecycle and CI/CD infrastructure.

Coolify

LGF-governed control-plane bench for app deployment, ingress, and lifecycle automation.

GitLab

Self-hosted source control, issues, and CI/CD platform.

PostgreSQL

Private PostgreSQL bench with pgAdmin access for application data.

Identity & Access

Centralized authentication, identity federation, and credential management.

Keycloak

SSO, identity federation, and access control.

Vaultwarden

Self-hosted password manager for private credential storage.

AI & Local Inference

Private local AI infrastructure with self-hosted inference and operator-controlled interfaces.

OLLAMA AI Platform

Local model runtime and inference stack with multiple deployment modes.

Collaboration & Projects

Self-hosted operational coordination and collaboration platforms.

Mattermost

Team collaboration platform with PostgreSQL backend.

Nextcloud

Private file sync and collaborative workspace platform.

Nextcloud AIO

Coming Soon

All-in-One Nextcloud deployment with managed capability controls.

OpenProject

Project planning and operational coordination.

Entertainment

Game servers and other operator-managed entertainment workloads.

Factorio

Coming Soon

Single-instance dedicated server with UDP ingress through LGF.

Valheim

Coming Soon

UDP-first dedicated server with LGF-managed port allocation.

Infrastructure & Management

Operational infrastructure management and remote systems administration.

Air Traffic Control (ATC)

Fleet inventory and orchestration UI for LGF appliances.

FleetDM

Coming Soon

Endpoint visibility and device-management server.

MeshCentral

Remote systems management and support platform.

Uptime Kuma

Self-hosted monitoring for websites and services.

Creative & Render

Distributed rendering and asset orchestration workflows for creative production environments.

LGF Render Stack

Coming Soon

MinIO asset plane, Flamenco manager/worker, and Blender workers.

Flamenco

Distributed render job orchestration for Blender workloads.

Blender Cycles

GPU-accelerated rendering engine for production scenes.

MinIO

S3-compatible object storage for render assets and outputs.

Digital Asset Management

Asset archival, indexing, and media management workflows.

ResourceSpace

Digital asset management and archival platform.

Provider Delivery

Provider-facing platform delivery and customer portal operations.

Cloud Portal

Customer-facing LGF Cloud Portal bench for provider delivery.

Other Libraries

Installed libraries not yet assigned to a category.

KeygenCE

Keygen Community Edition licensing API.

Development-marked items are labeled Coming Soon. LGF is not directly associated with platform vendors. Logos and trademarks are the property of their respective owners and do not imply affiliation, partnership, or endorsement.

Why Governance Matters

Operational Governance Outcomes

  • Explicit authority over implicit behavior
  • Controlled change over unmanaged mutation
  • Reduced drift across long-running environments
  • Repeatable operations across platform classes
  • Predictable recovery under pressure

Business and Team Outcomes

  • Less specialist dependency for routine operations
  • More consistent support experience
  • Clearer handoffs between operations roles
  • Lower operational variance across customers and hosts
  • Stronger continuity during failures and transitions

Architecture Overview

LGF uses a governed stack that flows from framework authority through libraries and contracts to operator tooling.

LGF architecture flow chart showing framework, libraries, contracts, and operator interfaces

Portability and Policy Control

Portability is an operational capability governed by policy. LGF makes movement technically repeatable, while organizational policy determines when, where, and how movement is allowed.

Provider-Controlled Mobility

Control how platforms are hosted, moved, and supported according to provider policy.

Cloud and Hybrid Delivery

Support cloud-only, provider-hosted, hybrid, on-prem, regional, and partner-delivered models.

Data Residency

Support residency and jurisdiction requirements through controlled workload movement.

Cost and Capacity Planning

Move predictable workloads to environments that better align with provider capacity and business planning.

Operational Transitions

Preserve support continuity during mergers, datacenter shifts, and customer environment changes.

LGF Operational Philosophy

  • Correctness over convenience
  • Repair over rebuild
  • Governance before automation
  • Explicit state over hidden state
  • Consistency over platform-specific procedures
  • Operational repeatability over ad-hoc intervention