Dokku 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.

Dokku

MIT

Docker-powered PaaS implementing the Heroku git-push workflow on your own server.

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Dokploy

Apache-2.0

Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.

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Side-by-side comparison

	Dokku	Dokploy
License	MIT	Apache-2.0
Self-hostable	Yes	Yes
GitHub Stars	32,182	37,790
Forks	2,090	3,076
Open Issues	39	775
Last Commit	Oct 14, 2026	Oct 14, 2026
First Released	Jun 8, 2013	Apr 19, 2024
Categories	PaaS & Deployment Tools	PaaS & Deployment Tools
Tags	#deployment #devops #docker	#mysql #docker #devops #deployment

GitHub stars over time

Dokku

Dokploy37,790

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