Dokku
★ 32.2kA self-hosted alternative to Vercel Heroku
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Dokku is a lightweight Platform-as-a-Service implementation intended to provide a Heroku-like deployment experience on infrastructure the user controls. It is aimed at operators who want to deploy...
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Features
- application deployment
- server domain configuration
- SSH key management
- unattended installation
- upgrade support
- troubleshooting documentation
Details
- Last Updated
- Nov 9, 2026
- Created
- Jun 8, 2013
- Install Methods
- binarysource
- Requirements
- Ubuntu 22.04 / 24.04 (amd64/arm64)Debian 11+ (amd64/arm64)SSH keypair for application deploymentsudo access
- Authentication
- local
- Runtime / Stack
- docker
- Privacy & Independence
- No Cloud RequiredOffline Capable
- Deployment
Deployment: Container image available
Run Dokku yourself
Pick how much you want to manage.
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
About 20 minutes with Docker
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
About 20 minutes with Docker
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A small server, then Docker Compose.
About 20 minutes with Docker
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