---
type: ApplicationType
title: cross-host (application type)
description: Artifacts deploy unchanged across hosts — portable, containerized, no host-specific binds. Existing infra vocabulary value (byte-preserved).
tags: [application-type, catalog, rfc-114, cross-host]
timestamp: 2026-07-03T00:00:00Z
---

# cross-host (application type)

The **cross-host** type: artifacts deploy unchanged across hosts — portable,
typically containerized, no host-specific binds. Existing value in the infra
vocabulary (also the top tier of the host-binding axis), byte-preserved on the
wire.

## Entry (structured — the judgment-carrying-catalog schema)

```yaml
kind: application-type
id: cross-host
question: application-type
features:
  - id: host-neutral-portability
    signal: "artifacts deploy unchanged across hosts (containerized/portable; no host-specific binds in config)"
    observed_via: process-shape
counter_features:
  - id: host-specific-config
    signal: "configuration binds to a specific host (absolute paths, unix sockets, local device access, host-resident state)"
    observed_via: file-content
lineage:
  tradition: "portable/containerized deployment"
  exemplars: ["OCI containers", "12-factor apps"]
  reference: "deployment_record.PROJECT_TYPES (RFC #97; wire value byte-preserved)"
examples:
  - "infra_bootstrap's cross-host classification (RFC #97); the host-binding axis top tier"
```
