Cloud in a Bottle vs Dokploy

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

Cloud in a Bottle

AGPL-3.0

Open-source platform that turns a server you control into a personal app cloud, deploying Git repos as containerized apps on your own domain.

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Dokploy

Apache-2.0

Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Cloud in a Bottle	Dokploy
License	AGPL-3.0	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	1,228	37,826
Forks	79	3,082
Open Issues	14	767
Last Commit	Oct 14, 2026	Oct 16, 2026
First Released	Apr 16, 2026	Apr 19, 2024
Categories	PaaS & Deployment Tools Personal Cloud	PaaS & Deployment Tools
Tags	#paas #docker #selfhosting #homeserver	#mysql #docker #devops #deployment

GitHub stars over time

Cloud in a Bottle

Dokploy37,826

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