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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 31,930 14,306
Forks 2,048 719
Open Issues 21 156
Last Commit Jun 12, 2026 Jun 4, 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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