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CapRover

★ 14k

One-click-app PaaS with a web GUI, built on Docker Swarm and nginx, for deploying apps and databases

CapRover does the job of Heroku and DigitalOcean App Platform, self-hosted. It is Apache-2.0-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and it installs in about one command. Heroku bills $25-100 for it. 14k stars on GitHub.

Open-source replacement for Heroku, DigitalOcean App Platform.

Licence
Apache-2.0
Self-hosting
Easy
The paid one costs
$25-100
GitHub stars
14k
view the code →official site →

Is it actually a replacement?

We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:

How CapRover runs

Where it runs

CapRover runs on your server.

What setup takes

not verified by us yet — check the repo README.

CapRover questions

Is CapRover open source?

Yes — it is released under Apache-2.0.

Can CapRover replace Heroku?

Our verdict on Heroku is YES. Coolify (57k stars), Dokploy (36k stars), Dokku (32k stars) are mature open-source replacements for Heroku — self-host with real ops work and stop paying $7/mo.

Can I self-host CapRover?

Yes — we rate it easy to self-host, and it runs on your server.

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