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Coolify

lastmod 2026-11-15created 2026-11-151 edits

Open-source alternative to Heroku & Netlify

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  • Open-source, self-hosted PaaS that you install on your own server to get an app deployment service like Vercel, Heroku, or Netlify. All you need is a server you can reach over SSH (VPS, bare metal, Raspberry Pi, etc.)
  • Builds and deploys apps from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or Gitea using Nixpacks, Railpack, a Dockerfile, Docker Compose, or a prebuilt image
  • Deploys automatically on every Git push. Creates a preview URL for each PR (Preview Deployments), and can roll back instantly to a previous image still on the server. Rollback does not revert DB schemas or stored files, however
  • Provides custom domains, automatic HTTPS certificates, a reverse proxy, and health checks. Issuing certificates requires the domain's DNS to point to the server and TCP 80 and 443 to be open
  • Supports managed databases, 360+ one-click services, backups, scheduled tasks, environment variables and secrets, and notifications. Offers a dashboard, API, CLI, MCP, and team permission management
  • If you stop using Coolify, running resources keep working and the configuration stays on your server. The recommended setup is one server for Coolify plus one or more servers for deployments
  • Installation: curl -fsSLhttps://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh| bash (run as root)
  • Create the administrator account immediately after installation. Whoever reaches the instance first and completes initial registration can take administrator privileges and root access to the server. Registration is open only for 10 minutes after installation starts; after that, it can be reopened with docker restart coolify
    • It is safer to block public access to TCP 8000 at the firewall before installing and connect through an ssh -N -L 127.0.0.1:8000:127.0.0.1:8000 root@SERVER_IP tunnel, or to create the administrator account in advance with an installation option
  • Self-hosting is free; the managed Coolify Cloud is paid. Written in PHP. Apache-2.0 license

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