coolify
by coollabsio
Coolify is an open-source platform for deploying applications, databases, and services on your own servers, offering a self-hostable alternative to cloud services like Heroku and Vercel.
Ready to useEstablished, openly licensed, and no red flags in its documentation.
- Stars
- 64.9k
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Runs on
- A small server
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- PHP
- Age
- 2099 days
What you can do with it
- Deploy applications from GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
- Run managed databases and one-click services
- Automate deployments on every Git push
Could replace
- Heroku
- Netlify
- Vercel
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Ways a business could use it
- Save money by self-hosting applications and services
- Maintain control over infrastructure and data
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Install Coolify on a supported server with one command or follow the detailed installation guide.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Part of these stacks
Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
