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heroku-buildpack-nodejs		heroku-buildpack-deno
	Project
26	Mentions	1
1,288	Stars	77
0.6%	Growth	-
8.8	Activity	0.0
8 days ago	Latest Commit	almost 3 years ago
Shell	Language	Shell
MIT License	License	MIT License

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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.

heroku-buildpack-nodejs

Posts with mentions or reviews of heroku-buildpack-nodejs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-25.

Hosting a react app with apollo client database
1 project | /r/graphql | 10 Nov 2022

No default language could be detected for this app. HINT: This occurs when Heroku cannot detect the buildpack to use for this application automatically. See https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/buildpacks
No default language detected when deploying.
1 project | /r/Heroku | 29 Jul 2022

Choose a buildpack explicitly https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/buildpacks
The future of React projects on Heroku
5 projects | /r/react | 25 Jul 2022

Another alternative that comes to my mind it is to use the node.js buildpack and serve the static files using serve or similar.
Dokku: Self-hosted Heroku
2 projects | dev.to | 8 Jul 2022

Support for Buildpacks from Heroku
How do you update parameters of Node.js packages after or before deployment?
1 project | /r/node | 15 May 2022

You use a buildpack.
Heroku/python failed to detect set buildpack
1 project | /r/codehunter | 14 Apr 2022

Counting objects: 36, done.Delta compression using up to 4 threads.Compressing objects: 100% (33/33), done.Writing objects: 100% (36/36), 19.22 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.Total 36 (delta 3), reused 0 (delta 0)remote: Compressing source files... done.remote: Building source:remote: remote: -----> Failed to detect set buildpack https://codon-buildpacks.s3.amazonaws.com/buildpacks/heroku/python.tgzremote: More info: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/buildpacks#detection-failureremote: remote: ! Push failedremote: Verifying deploy....remote: remote: ! Push rejected to dry-waters-63931.remote: To https://git.heroku.com/dry-waters-63931.git ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)error: failed to push some refs to 'https://git.heroku.com/dry-waters-63931.git' My root directory:
Deployment of a Dart Server on Heroku
3 projects | dev.to | 9 Apr 2022

Now that your app is registered to Heroku, we have to set up a buildpack.
Anyone use Directus as a CMS? Is it any good?
1 project | /r/webdev | 12 Feb 2022

-----> Building on the Heroku-20 stack -----> Using buildpack: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs -----> Node.js app detected -----> Creating runtime environment NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL=error NODE_VERBOSE=false NODE_ENV=production NODE_MODULES_CACHE=true -----> Installing binaries engines.node (package.json): unspecified engines.npm (package.json): unspecified (use default) Resolving node version 16.x... Downloading and installing node 16.14.0... Using default npm version: 8.3.1 -----> Installing dependencies Installing node modules npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path /tmp/build_1816a6d9/node_modules/argon2 npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command sh -c node-gyp rebuild npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | linux | x64 npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.8.10 found at "/usr/bin/python3" npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.0/node-v16.14.0-headers.tar.gz npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.0/node-v16.14.0-headers.tar.gz npm ERR! gyp http GET https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.0/SHASUMS256.txt npm ERR! gyp http 200 https://nodejs.org/download/release/v16.14.0/SHASUMS256.txt npm ERR! gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3 npm ERR! gyp info spawn args [ npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/tmp/build_1816a6d9/.heroku/node/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-f', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'make', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/tmp/build_1816a6d9/node_modules/argon2/build/config.gypi', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/tmp/build_1816a6d9/.heroku/node/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-I', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '/app/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/include/node/common.gypi', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/app/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/tmp/build_1816a6d9/.heroku/node/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/app/.cache/node-gyp/16.14.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/tmp/build_1816a6d9/node_modules/argon2', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--depth=.', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '--generator-output', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args 'build', npm ERR! gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.' npm ERR! gyp info spawn args ] npm ERR! gyp: Undefined variable module_name in binding.gyp while trying to load binding.gyp npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/tmp/build_1816a6d9/.heroku/node/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:259:16) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:520:28) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12) npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Linux 4.4.0-1098-aws npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "/tmp/build_1816a6d9/.heroku/node/bin/node" "/tmp/build_1816a6d9/.heroku/node/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild" npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd /tmp/build_1816a6d9/node_modules/argon2 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.14.0 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.4.1 npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /tmp/npmcache.9omWv/_logs/2022-02-12T13_14_33_973Z-debug-0.log -----> Build failed We're sorry this build is failing! You can troubleshoot common issues here: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/troubleshooting-node-deploys Some possible problems: - Node version not specified in package.json https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/nodejs-support#specifying-a-node-js-version Love, Heroku ! Push rejected, failed to compile Node.js app. ! Push failed
Deploying a Git Subdirectory to Heroku
1 project | dev.to | 11 Jan 2022

My first instinct was to (cry) manually set the appropriate buildpack for a node.js server as mentioned by Heroku's Dev Center. However, Heroku states that...
Self-Hosting Plausible Analytics With Dokku
5 projects | dev.to | 12 Dec 2021

Dokku is a popular, open-source, and self-hosted platform as a service (PaaS) that allows users to easily deploy and manage their applications, very similar to your own self-hosted Heroku. Under the hood, Dokku is powered by Docker, uses Heroku buildpacks by default, and has a number of official and community plugins.

heroku-buildpack-deno

Posts with mentions or reviews of heroku-buildpack-deno. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-30.

Deploying Deno App on Heroku Server
2 projects | dev.to | 30 Nov 2021

$ heroku create --buildpack https://github.com/chibat/heroku-buildpack-deno.git $ git push heroku master $ heroku open

What are some alternatives?

When comparing heroku-buildpack-nodejs and heroku-buildpack-deno you can also consider the following projects:

cowboy - Small, fast, modern HTTP server for Erlang/OTP.

heroku-integrated-firefox-geckodriver - Buildpack enables your client code to access Firefox along with Geckodriver in a Heroku slug.

subdir-heroku-buildpack - Allows to use subdirectory configured via environment variable as a project root

deno-on-heroku-server - This code will allow to Deploy Deno application on Heroku Server

dokku-plausible

heroku-buildpack-elixir - Heroku Buildpack for Elixir with nitro boost

simple-app-elixir - Simple Elixir app to serve Coinbase Bitcoin API

create-react-app-buildpack - ⚛️ Heroku Buildpack for create-react-app: static hosting for React.js web apps

heroku-buildpack-dart - Heroku buildpack for Dart

heroku-integrated-firefox-geckodriver - Buildpack enables your client code to access Firefox along with Geckodriver in a Heroku slug. [Moved to: https://github.com/pyronlaboratory/heroku-integrated-firefox-geckodriver]

heroku-docker-r - Heroku R Docker Image - Makes deploying R on Heroku easy

heroku-buildpack-php - Heroku's buildpack for PHP applications.