CapRover
Self-hosted PaaS with a proper web UI and one-click apps.
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sovereigntyCapRover sits between Dokku's command line and Coolify's polish: a web dashboard, one-click installers for around a hundred common applications, automatic TLS and Docker Swarm underneath for multi-node scaling. Around 15k stars. Its distinguishing feature is that Swarm foundation — of the self-hosted options it has the most straightforward path from one server to several. Development is steady rather than fast, which shows next to Coolify's pace.
OPEN SOURCEApache-2.0SELF-HOSTLOCAL-FIRST
LicenseApache-2.0
PricingFree and open source. You supply the server.
Open sourceYes
Self-hostableYes
Local-first dataYes
What it does well
- +Clean web UI with one-click installs for common applications
- +Docker Swarm underneath — the clearest multi-node path here
- +Apache-2.0 and mature
- +Automatic TLS and simple domain handling
Where it falls short
- −Development pace is slower than Coolify's
- −Swarm is a fading technology relative to Kubernetes
- −Fewer integrations than Coolify
- −Interface feels dated
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