Coolify vs Dokploy

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

Coolify

Apache-2.0

An open-source & self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative.

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Dokploy

Apache-2.0

Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Coolify	Dokploy
License	Apache-2.0	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	No	Yes
GitHub Stars	61,691	37,243
Forks	5,444	2,961
Open Issues	657	671
Last Commit	Sep 11, 2026	Sep 11, 2026
First Released	Jan 25, 2021	Apr 19, 2024
Categories	SysAdmin Tools PaaS & Deployment Tools	PaaS & Deployment Tools
Tags	#docker #CI/CD	#mysql #docker #devops #deployment

GitHub stars over time

Coolify

Dokploy37,243

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