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CapRover vs Kamal

Comparing two open source alternatives to Vercel and Netlify and Heroku and Railway . Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

CapRover

CapRover

Apache-2.0

Scalable self-hosted PaaS with one-click apps and Docker Swarm clustering.

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Kamal

Kamal

MIT

CLI deployment tool from 37signals for zero-downtime Docker container deployments.

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CapRover CapRover
Kamal Kamal
License Apache-2.0 MIT
Self-hostable Yes Yes
GitHub Stars 15,094 14,403
Forks 984 733
Open Issues 183 147
Last Commit May 18, 2026 Jul 15, 2026
First Released Oct 25, 2017 Jan 7, 2023
Categories
PaaS & Deployment Tools
PaaS & Deployment Tools
Tags
#deployment#devops#docker
#deployment#devops#docker

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