Open source alternatives to Heroku
3 free tools that do the job of Heroku, most stars first. All are hosting platforms.
3 alternatives
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Coolify
Deploy apps, databases and services on your own server with a web dashboard.
Also an alternative to Vercel, Render
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Dokku
A small Heroku-style platform that you run on one server.
Hosting platform
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Caprover
An easy app and database hosting platform that you run on your own server.
Hosting platform
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