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Coolify vs Piku
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Coolify | Piku |
|---|---|---|
| Language | PHP | Python |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Stars | 63k | 6.6k |
| Latest | v4.4.0 | v1.0.0 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-04 |
| Release cadence | about 2 days between releases | too few releases |
| Active contributors | 10+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 4 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Heroku. Alternatives to Heroku →
Full replacementCoolifyBuilds from a git provider with Nixpacks, a Dockerfile or Compose, with one-click databases and scheduled backups.
PartialPikuGit push deploys with a Procfile and an ENV file on a single server, built per language without buildpacks or managed databases.
Coolify
- v4.4.02026-10-06This release adds built in traffic analytics for Traefik and Caddy, experimental support for SQLite as a database, read…
- v4.3.232026-09-18Added a read-only API endpoint to retrieve preview deployment runtime logs by application UUID and pull request ID, wit…
- v4.3.222026-09-18Removed host-path configuration for persistent volumes from the UI and API. API requests that include host_path are now…
- v4.3.212026-09-15Made restart limits opt-in for applications, preview deployments, and service applications. Existing resources that sti…
- v4.3.202026-09-15Added an All option to the log viewer and accepted lines=all across application, database, and service log APIs. The ex…
Coolify
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Piku
✓ signed The latest release, v1.0.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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