CapRover
Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids (by caprover)
CyberChef
The Cyber Swiss Army Knife - a web app for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis (by gchq)
| CapRover | CyberChef | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 302 | |
| 13,923 | 30,996 | |
| 1.5% | 1.9% | |
| 9.0 | 8.9 | |
| 29 days ago | 24 days ago | |
| TypeScript | JavaScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
CapRover
Posts with mentions or reviews of CapRover.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-06-09.
- Caprover changed to source-available license
- piku: The tiniest PaaS you've ever seen
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CapRover : Dumb name, awesome tool
Finally, I kinda wonder if CapRover is still alive. As I write this it has been over 60 days since there has been any activity on their GitHub.
- Caprover – Scalable PaaS (Automated Docker+Nginx)
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What is the best PaaS for a single server environment
https://github.com/caprover/caprover https://github.com/caprover/one-click-apps
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Sandstorm: Open-source platform for self-hosting web app
Looks like Caprover https://github.com/caprover/caprover which has been around for a bit, have used in past. Any notable benefits over it?
- Is there any Django app deployment tool for VPS-based environments with UI?
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How can I lock distributed resources in multi-step HTTP requests?
CapRover's NGINX doesn't support sticky sessions (see this issue).
- CapRover: Easy to use app/database deployment and web server manager
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Stupid question: Why not use 'baremetal' OS instead of docker containers to run web apps?
All the ways I've found imply dokku or caprover, to run docker for each separate app, Postgres, Redis. It's also so hard to even setup db backups (https://github.com/caprover/caprover/issues/158 https://github.com/caprover/caprover/issues/410).
CyberChef
Posts with mentions or reviews of CyberChef.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-04-09.
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Show HN: JSONXMLKit – Format JSON/XML and Decode Base64 in the Browser
I tend to use CyberChef for this sort of thing: https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
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Tech workers are leaving notes in robot taxis seeking workers and lovers
I like CyberChef for having a whole bunch of such tools bundled into one page: https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
Note: It's made by the UK equivalent of the NSA
- DevToys: A Swiss Army knife for developers
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Show HN: Txtl – Fast static website of text utilities
I have Cyberchef locally, just unzip it and run. It has an auto function that I only manage to get working by mistake. So as is said above just learn that instead.
Here is a diff example: https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=Diff('%5C%5Cn%5C%5C...
- Show HN: OmniTools–A Self-Hosted Suite of Open Source Tools for Everyday Tasks
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Learning JWT security using KumuluzEE — The finances of a league of the environment
CyberChef
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Everything I built with Claude Artifacts this week
Just in case you need it: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef
- CyberChef: A web app for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis
- CyberChef – The Cyber Swiss Army Knife
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DevHub.app – Developer Utilities for macOS
Curiously, there is a similar tool made by GCHQ (UK's intelligence) https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef which I don't use neither because I don't use because of trust issues, even though it's open source
What are some alternatives?
When comparing CapRover and CyberChef you can also consider the following projects:
coolify - An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.
QR-Code-generator - High-quality QR Code generator library in Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Rust, C++, C.
Dokku - A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications
Ciphey - ⚡ Automatically decrypt encryptions without knowing the key or cipher, decode encodings, and crack hashes ⚡
Flox - Self Hosted Movie, Series and Anime Watch List
DevToys - A Swiss Army knife for developers.