Skip to content
SPECIFICTION
Get listed

ActiveState Platform vs Rook

ActiveState Platform

docs.activestate.com

Rook

getrook.dev

Side by side

FigureActiveState PlatformRook
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYes—
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
APIYes—
Plans published21
Spec score · Development Environment Managers9.1 (#1)7.4 (#36)
Spec score · Development Environment Management Tools9.1 (#1)7.3 (#23)
HeadquartersVancouver, BC, CanadaColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
PurposeThe Platform hosts custom runtimes whose projects define runtime components, track project history, and provide deployment instructions.Rook is a cross-platform, open-source development environment manager for local development.

Plans

ActiveState Platform

  • Free organizationFree
  • Paid organizationPriced on request

ActiveState Platform pricing →

Rook

  • FreeFree

Rook pricing →

In their own words

ActiveState Platform

ActiveState Platform hosts custom runtimes assembled from source. Projects specify runtime components, preserve project history and provide deployment instructions; their artifacts may include packages, dependencies, patches and bundles, but not contributors’ first-party code. Create projects in the web interface or with the State Tool CLI, then deploy and activate them locally. Projects can remain personal, be shared with an organization or be public. The platform supports Windows, macOS and Linux deployments, and its GraphQL API can build open-source software for different operating systems and languages without requiring users to manage build infrastructure. It provides immutable SBOMs in SPDX formats and describes build safeguards including reproducible builds, checksum checks and isolated containers. A free organization plan costs nothing and is limited to public projects. Curated Catalog annual pricing is $25,000 for fewer than 100 employees, $50,000 for 100–999 employees and $150,000 for 1,000 or more; those prices do not apply to legacy Platform subscriptions.

Visit docs.activestate.com

Rook

Rook has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

Visit getrook.dev