Dokploy
Open-source, self-hostable platform-as-a-service for deploying apps and databases on your own servers.
Recommended as an open-source, self-hosted PaaS that makes deploying new projects easy123, with one user preferring its interface to Coolify's.4 No complaints come up in these mentions, and it suits people running hobby projects and apps on their own VPS.56
Why people recommend it
Open-source PaaS · 3
Seen as an open-source PaaS on par with what VC-backed companies offer.
“open source PaaS software on-par with what VC companies offer (dokploy, coolify, or komodo)”
“I use Dokploy but I'm looking into Canine”
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“There are already Vercel, Railways, Coolify, Dokploy and 100 more. Glad you asked. Those are great.”
Easy deployment · 2
Makes deploying new projects easy and handles much of the setup.
“I've made it easy for myself to deploy new projects using Dokploy (also tried Coolify).”
“I cheated, and use Dokploy which handled most of it”
Interface · 1
One user migrated from Coolify because they prefer Dokploy's interface.
“I use Dokploy for that.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- What I self-host 1 mention
- Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7? 1 mention
- Cloudflare Quick Tunnels 1 mention
- Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects? 1 mention
- Why did I create my own PaaS as indie hacker and made it open-source? 1 mention
- Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about? 1 mention
Data: dokploy.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“I use Dokploy for that.”
“I've made it easy for myself to deploy new projects using Dokploy (also tried Coolify).”
“I cheated, and use Dokploy which handled most of it”
“open source PaaS software on-par with what VC companies offer (dokploy, coolify, or komodo)”
“There are already Vercel, Railways, Coolify, Dokploy and 100 more. Glad you asked. Those are great.”
“I use Dokploy instead but the rest are good”
“I use Dokploy but I'm looking into Canine”