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CapRover vs Kamal

Comparing two open source alternatives to Vercel and Netlify and Heroku . 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 15,047 14,269
Forks 976 717
Open Issues 181 152
Last Commit May 18, 2026 Apr 29, 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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