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Dokku 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.

Dokku

Dokku

MIT

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

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Kamal

Kamal

MIT

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

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Dokku Dokku
Kamal Kamal
License MIT MIT
Self-hostable Yes Yes
GitHub Stars 32,036 14,403
Forks 2,057 733
Open Issues 24 147
Last Commit Jul 15, 2026 Jul 15, 2026
First Released Jun 8, 2013 Jan 7, 2023
Categories
PaaS & Deployment Tools
PaaS & Deployment Tools
Tags
#deployment#devops#docker
#deployment#devops#docker

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