Coolify Has a Free API — Self-Host Everything with One Tool

Coolify is an open-source, self-hostable Heroku/Netlify/Vercel alternative. Deploy apps, databases, and services on your own server with a beautiful UI.

What Is Coolify?

Coolify lets you deploy anything — Docker containers, static sites, Node.js apps, databases — on your own VPS. One install, unlimited projects.

Features (all free):

• Git push to deploy
• SSL certificates (auto Let us Encrypt)
• Database management (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
• Docker Compose support
• Webhook deployments
• Team management

Install Coolify

curl -fsSL https://cdn.coollabs.io/coolify/install.sh | bash

That is it. Open http://YOUR_IP:8000 and start deploying.

API

# List applications
curl https://your-coolify.com/api/v1/applications \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

# Deploy application
curl -X POST https://your-coolify.com/api/v1/applications/APP_UUID/deploy \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

# List databases
curl https://your-coolify.com/api/v1/databases \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Supported Services (1-click deploy)

• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, Dragonfly
• Apps: WordPress, Ghost, Plausible, Gitea, Minio, Uptime Kuma
• Dev tools: n8n, Grafana, Prometheus, pgAdmin

Use Cases

1. Self-hosted PaaS — your own Heroku
2. Cost savings — $5 VPS vs $25+ cloud PaaS
3. Privacy — data stays on your server
4. Side projects — unlimited deploys, zero cost
5. Team projects — multi-user, multi-server

Coolify vs Alternatives

Feature	Coolify	Heroku	Dokku
Self-hosted	Yes	No	Yes
UI	Beautiful	Good	CLI
Databases	1-click	Add-on	Plugin
SSL	Auto	Auto	Plugin
Price	Free	$5+/app	Free
Docker Compose	Yes	No	Limited

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