Coolify is an open-source, self-hostable Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) designed to replace commercial services like Vercel, Heroku, and Netlify. It runs on user-provided infrastructure—VPS, bare metal, or Raspberry Pi—and automates deployment, scaling, and management of applications, databases, and services using Docker and Docker Compose. Built with Laravel and PHP, it lives in the infrastructure and operations ecosystem, targeting developers and DevOps teams seeking vendor lock-in-free control over their deployment stack.
Apache-2.0 · PHP · Vercel vs Coolify →
Dokploy is an open-source Platform as a Service that runs on a virtual private server and manages the full lifecycle of applications and databases from a single control surface. It is written in TypeScript, is catalogued under Infrastructure & Operations / Server & VM Management, and describes itself as a self-hosted PaaS. Deployment targets include Node.js, PHP, Python, Go, and Ruby applications, alongside managed databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, libsql, and Redis. Docker sits underneath as the container runtime, and routing and load balancing are handled through automatic Traefik integration. The project also exposes a CLI and an API for managing applications and databases without the web interface.
NOASSERTION · TypeScript · Vercel vs Dokploy →