CapRover
Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids (by caprover)
Dokku
A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications (by dokku)
| CapRover | Dokku | |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | 198 | |
| 13,923 | 30,377 | |
| 1.5% | 1.4% | |
| 9.0 | 9.9 | |
| 29 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| TypeScript | Shell | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.
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).
Dokku
Posts with mentions or reviews of Dokku.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-04-02.
- Dokku: An open source PaaS alternative to Heroku
- Show HN: Wiederhol – GitHub for Checklists
- Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative
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Self-Hosting like it's 2025
I am going to continue to stan for dokku for hosting web apps, docker images included
https://dokku.com/
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Deploy a NestJS Application with Dokku
In this article, we will deploy a NestJS application using Dokku (https://dokku.com).
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Hosting your own PaaS: Open-Source Tools to Help You Exit the Cloud!
# download the installation script wget -NP . https://dokku.com/bootstrap.sh # run the installer sudo DOKKU_TAG=v0.35.10 bash bootstrap.sh # configure your server domain dokku domains:set-global your-domain.com # add your ssh key to the dokku user PUBLIC_KEY="your-public-key-contents-here" echo "$PUBLIC_KEY" | dokku ssh-keys:add admin # create your first app dokku apps:create test-app
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Stop Paying Vercel: Self-Host Unlimited NextJS Apps for $19/month
Use GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Dokku or any CI/CD tool you prefer
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Ask HN: What selfhosted PaaS would you recommend?
I recently acquired a decently large server (512 GB ram, 64 cores), and am looking into self-hosting some web applications -- Invidious, file server, proxy, to name a few.
I was recommended Dokku[1], and after searching I also found several more similar products, like Coolify, DokDeploy, CapRover. I'm pretty new to doing this, so I would like to ask what experience you've had with these.
[1]: https://dokku.com/
- Deploying a Rails 7 + React app to AWS via Dokku
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Deploy multiple apps on a single VPS with Docker
Dokku is open source. Its focus lies on making deployments easy with a simple "git push". The user interface is a CLI.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing CapRover and Dokku you can also consider the following projects:
coolify - An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.
CyberChef - The Cyber Swiss Army Knife - a web app for encryption, encoding, compression and data analysis
Portainer - Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.
Flox - Self Hosted Movie, Series and Anime Watch List
Docker Compose - Define and run multi-container applications with Docker