Heroku made git-push deployment famous but ended its free tier and charges for every dyno and add-on. Self-hosted PaaS tools give you the same push-to-deploy workflow on a cheap VPS or your own metal, with databases and SSL handled for you.
6 open-source alternatives to Heroku you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
coollabsio/coolify
|
Self-hosting Platforms & PaaS | 65,966 | PHP | today |
| 2 |
dokku/dokku
|
Self-hosting Platforms & PaaS | 32,226 | Shell | 1d |
| 3 |
caprover/caprover
|
Self-hosting Platforms & PaaS | 15,207 | TypeScript | 4d |
| 4 |
kubero-dev/kubero
|
Self-hosting Platforms & PaaS | 4,471 | TypeScript | 29d |
| 5 |
almarklein/mypaas
|
Self-hosting Platforms & PaaS | 381 | Python | 2y |
| 6 |
DFabric/DPlatform-Shell
|
Polls, Forms & Events | 274 | Shell | 8y |