alternatives to
Salesforce's hosted platform that builds apps from a git push with buildpacks and runs them with managed add-ons such as Postgres. A closed product from Salesforce.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolify | Full replacement | 63k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | PHP | v4.4.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| Dokploy | Full replacement | 38k | Other | Open core | Yes | TypeScript | v0.30.8 | 2026-10-05 |
| Dokku | Full replacement | 32k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Go | v0.38.31 | 2026-10-06 |
| CapRover | Full replacement | 15k | Other | Not checked | Yes | TypeScript | v1.15.4 | 2026-10-06 |
| Tsuru | Full replacement | 5.3k | BSD-3-Clause | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.32.0 | 2026-09-29 |
| Kubero | Full replacement | 4.4k | GPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | v3.1.1 | 2026-09-09 |
| Canine | Full replacement | 2.9k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Ruby | none | 2026-10-02 |
| Kamal | Partial | 15k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Ruby | v2.12.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| Piku | Partial | 6.6k | MIT | Open source | Yes | Python | v1.0.0 | 2026-09-04 |
| Epinio | Partial | 612 | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v1.14.2 | 2026-10-06 |
10 alternatives
An open-source, self-hostable PaaS alternative to Vercel, Heroku & Netlify that lets you easily deploy static sites, databases, full-stack applications and 280+ one-click services on your own servers.
Builds from a git provider with Nixpacks, a Dockerfile or Compose, with one-click databases and scheduled backups.
Open Source Alternative to Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.
Builds from git with Nixpacks, Railpack, Heroku or Paketo buildpacks or a Dockerfile, with managed databases and backups.
A docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications
Heroku buildpacks, Procfile and app.json carry over with a git push; add-ons become plugins and the CLI is its own.
Scalable PaaS (automated Docker+nginx) - aka Heroku on Steroids
Deploys from a dashboard, the CLI or a git webhook onto Docker Swarm, with one-click apps for databases.
Open source and extensible Platform as a Service (PaaS).
Deploys apps from git or images onto Kubernetes, with service add-ons and teams.
A free and self-hosted PaaS alternative to Heroku / Netlify / Coolify / Vercel / Dokku / Portainer running on Kubernetes
Pipelines with review apps, buildpacks and add-ons such as PostgreSQL and Redis, on a Kubernetes cluster.
A developer friendly PaaS for your Kubernetes
Deploys from GitHub with buildpacks or Dockerfiles onto your Kubernetes cluster, with add-ons from Helm charts.
Deploy web apps anywhere.
Deploys containers to your own servers over SSH with zero-downtime switches, without buildpacks or managed add-ons.
The tiniest PaaS you've ever seen. Piku allows you to do git push deployments to your own servers.
Git push deploys with a Procfile and an ENV file on a single server, built per language without buildpacks or managed databases.
Opinionated platform that runs on Kubernetes, that takes you from App to URL in one step.
Pushes source code to Kubernetes with buildpacks and binds services, without a managed database offering.