oblien/openship

Openship is a tool for taking a project's code and turning it into a running, live website or application, without needing to write configuration files or set up a deployment pipeline by hand. You point it at a repository, and it figures out what kind of project it is, builds it, sets it up, and puts it online. It can work with almost any type of project, including ones built with Node, Python, Go, Rust, PHP, Ruby, Java, or .NET, as well as projects packaged with Docker. Beyond just running your code, it also handles the surrounding pieces a live application usually needs: databases such as Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, and Redis, background workers, file storage, custom domain names with automatic SSL certificates, a content delivery network for faster loading, an email server for sending mail, and scheduled backups with one-click restore. Pushing new code can automatically trigger a fresh deployment, and there is support for preview environments, separate staging and production setups, and rolling back to an earlier version if something goes wrong. You can use Openship in three ways: a desktop app with a full visual interface, a web dashboard that looks the same but runs in a browser and is meant for teams, or a command-line tool that can be scripted and used in automated pipelines. There is also a REST API and support for the MCP protocol, which lets AI agent tools interact with it directly. For someone working alone, the desktop app is the suggested option, since it runs on your own computer and connects to your servers without exposing anything publicly. For a team that needs always-on access or the ability to deploy by pushing code, self-hosting Openship on a server is recommended instead. You can deploy through Openship's own managed cloud service, or run it yourself on any Linux server, including providers like Hetzner, DigitalOcean, or Linode, dedicated hardware, or a homelab setup, and spread work across multiple machines if needed. The project describes itself as production-ready with active development continuing, and it is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License, which allows commercial and closed-source use.