coollabsio/coolify

Coolify is a self-hostable platform that lets you deploy and manage applications, databases, and services on your own servers without needing to be a DevOps expert. It serves as an open-source alternative to managed cloud platforms like Heroku, Netlify, and Vercel, which charge substantial fees once your usage grows and create vendor lock-in by tying your deployment to their infrastructure. With Coolify, you bring your own server (a VPS, bare metal machine, or even a Raspberry Pi), connect it via SSH, and Coolify handles the heavy lifting of deploying your code, setting up databases, and managing running services. The platform works by communicating with your servers over SSH and using Docker and Docker Compose to package and run your applications. You point it at a Git repository, and it builds and deploys your application automatically when you push code. It supports over 280 one-click deployable services including databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis, as well as popular open-source tools. All configuration is stored on your server, so if you stop using Coolify, your applications keep running. You would use Coolify if you want the convenience of a platform-as-a-service deployment experience but want to avoid the costs and lock-in of commercial providers, if you have privacy or data residency requirements, or if you manage multiple applications across several servers and want a unified dashboard. The tech stack is PHP with the Laravel framework, uses InertiaJS and Tailwind CSS for the frontend, and PostgreSQL or MariaDB as the database. A managed cloud version is also available if you prefer not to self-host Coolify itself.