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Open Source Alternatives to Heroku

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What is Heroku?

Heroku is A cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and operate applications entirely in the cloud.. There are currently 14 open-source alternatives to Heroku, with a combined total of 57.3k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Go.

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Dokku
Dokkudokku/dokku

A Docker-powered mini-Heroku PaaS for building and managing application lifecycles on your own servers.

32.1k2.1kShell
2 hours ago
caprover
caprovercaprover/caprover

An easy-to-use, self-hosted PaaS platform that automates Docker, nginx, and SSL for deploying web apps and databases.

15.1k984TypeScript
3 hours ago
Empire
Empireremind101/empire

A Heroku-like Platform as a Service (PaaS) built on top of Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) for deploying and managing containerized microservices.

2.7k155Go
2 years ago
engine
engineQovery/engine

An open-source abstraction layer library that simplifies application deployment on AWS, GCP, Azure, and other cloud providers.

2.5k85Rust
17 hours ago
rack
rackconvox/rack

A private PaaS that runs in your AWS account for maximum privacy and minimum upkeep.

1.9k177Go
9 days ago
awsbox
awsboxmozilla/awsbox

A lightweight DIY PaaS for deploying Node.js apps on Amazon EC2 with full control and lower cost than Heroku.

80676JavaScript
7 years ago
Procodile
Procodileadamcooke/procodile

A process manager for Ruby/Rails apps that runs Procfile processes in background/foreground with supervision.

61227Ruby
5 years ago
lambdoku
lambdokukubek2k/lambdoku

A CLI tool that provides a Heroku-like developer experience for managing AWS Lambda functions.

56712JavaScript
6 years ago
gatling
gatlinghashrocket/gatling

A collection of Mix tasks for zero-downtime deployment of Phoenix applications using Distillery releases.

49316Elixir
9 years ago
Hephy Workflow
Hephy Workflowteamhephy/workflow

An open-source Platform as a Service (PaaS) that adds a developer-friendly layer to any Kubernetes cluster for easy application deployment and management.

41836SCSS
2 years ago
intercityup.com
intercityup.comintercity/intercity-next

A web control panel for deploying applications on your own servers using Dokku.

11222Ruby
7 years ago
Hokusai
Hokusaiartsy/hokusai

A Docker and Kubernetes CLI for application developers that wraps kubectl, Docker, Docker-Compose, and Git to manage containerized application lifecycles.

9825Python
1 month ago
PocketBase on Dokku
PocketBase on Dokkublockshiftnetwork/dokku-pocketbase

Deploy PocketBase, an open-source backend for SaaS and mobile apps, on Dokku as a self-hosted Heroku alternative.

2511Dockerfile
1 year ago
procodile
procodilecrystal-china/procodile

A Crystal-based process manager that runs background and foreground processes from a Procfile with supervision and auto-restart.

121Crystal
2 months ago
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